Although the Genocide Convention was already adopted by the UN
General Assembly in 1945, it was only in the late 1990s that groups
of activists emerged calling for military interventions to halt
mass atrocities. The question of who these anti-genocide activists
are and what motivates them to call for the use of violence to end
violence is undoubtedly worthy of exploration. Based on extensive
field research, Anti-genocide Activists and the Responsibility to
Protect analyses the ideological convictions that motivate two
groups of anti-genocide activists: East Timor solidarity activists
and Responsibility to Protect (R2P)-advocates. The book argues that
there is an existential undercurrent to the call for mass atrocity
interventions; that mass atrocities shock the activists' belief in
a humanity that they hold to be sacred. The book argues that the
ensuing rise of anti-genocide activism signals a shift in
humanitarian sensibilities to human suffering and violence which
may have substantial implications for moral judgements on human
lives at peril in the humanitarian and human rights community. This
book provides a fascinating insight into the worldviews of
activists which will be of interest to practitioners and
researchers of human rights activism, humanitarian advocacy and
peace building.
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