The landmark Genocide Convention has had mixed results since the UN approved it 75 years ago
- Written by Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
A woman prays in front of skulls at a memorial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, marking the genocide that happened under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images Seventy-five years ago, in the wake of Nazi atrocities, the world made a vow.
Countries pledged to liberate humanity from the “odious scourge” of...