The Cambodian Genocide Program is a well established project of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University's MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. Its website provides historical information on the genocide led by Pol Pot which killed over 1.7 million people between 1975-1979. This includes details of Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal and free access to the Cambodian Genocide ...

In my first article marking the 60th anniversary of the genocide convention, I argued that it is states that commit genocide, but only individuals who can be punished by the convention. The convention is therefore capable of punishing perpetrators after the act, but incapable of preventing genocide when it is taking place. To prevent future genocides, we need to rethink the status of the nation st...

According to a report in the LA Times, Barack Obama may be thinking of going back on a pre-election pledge to state officially that the Armenian genocide was a genocide. The reason for doing so would be that the administration...

Early last year I wrote a post about the standards for establishing intent where genocide may be in progress or have been committed. I commented on this with respect both to the punishment and the prevention of genocide. A piece...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with three counts of genocide in Darfur – a move that piled further diplomatic pressure on his isolated regime and marked the first time the tribunal had issued genocide charges.

People around the world will come together today in remembrance of those killed by the Nazis during World War Two and in other genocides.

From Facebook group "Turkish troops out of Cyprus" we received word that MSNBC is holding a live poll, if the US should formally recognize the World War I-era killing of Armenians as genocide? The group: "As of a few minutes ago the numbers showed Yes 20%, No 80% ! The Turks have mobilized a global campaign to shift results towards "No" but we can't let them. The Armenian Genocide is a histor...

The Politics of Genocide, an unflinching attack on Western meddling in foreign affairs, challenges the idea that external intervention can be a force for good.

This time last year I was in Rwanda. During my visit I went to the Murambi Genocide Memorial, where 50,000 people where slaughtered. Many in Rwanda laid the blame for this at the feet of the French. Rob Halfon, who is there at the moment has written an incredibly moving report of his visit this week HERE. Below is a fifteen minute film I made for 18 Doughty Street about the Rwandan genocide. Onlin...

On Monday 2nd March, genocide survivor Nicholas Hitimana will be present at a private showing of the new film Rwanda: Hope Rises, in the City Chambers in the Royal Mile. Nicholas and his wife Elsie escaped dramatically from Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and made their way to Edinburgh. From 1995 to 2001 the family lived in Rankin Drive whilst Nicholas obtained a Masters and then a PhD in agricul...