Over the last twenty years the world has witnessed four major
genocides. There was the genocide in Iraq (1988), in Rwanda (1994),
in Srebrenica (1995), and in Darfur (2003 and continuing). Most
observers agree there is an urgent need to assess the international
community's efforts to prevent genocide and to intervene (once a
genocide is under way) in an effective and timely manner. This
volume, the latest in a widely respected series on the subject of
genocide, provides an overview of a host of issues germane to this
task.
The book begins with a cogent discussion of the issues of
prevention and intervention during the Cold War years. The second
chapter discusses the abject failures and moderate (though, in some
cases, highly controversial) successes at prevention and
intervention carried out in the 1990s and early 2000s. Further
chapters examine latest efforts to develop an effective genocide
early warning system and examine the complexity of and barriers to
prevention. The pros and cons of sanctions and the problems of
enforcement and evaluation their effectiveness are then discussed.
Conflicts between state sovereignty and the protection of
threatened populations are examined both in historical context and
by incorporating the latest thinking.
Later chapters treat the issue of intervention; why and how it
has met with only limited success. Concentrating on Rwanda and
Srebrenica, chapter 8 discusses various peace operations that were
abject failures and those that were moderately successful. The
concept of an anti-genocide regime is examined in terms of progress
in developing such a regime as well as what the international
community must do in order to implement it. Chapters discuss key
issues related to post-genocidal periods, those that need to be
addressed in order to establish stability in a wounded land and
populace as well as to prevent future genocides. The final chapter
asks whether bringing perpetrators to justice has any impact in
breaking impunity, ensuring deterrence, and bringing about
reconciliation.
The contributors to the volume are all noted scholars, some of
whom specialize in the study of genocide, and others who specialize
in such areas as early warning, peacekeeping, and sanctions.
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