Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) with Dr. Dirk Moses
The world is confusing, but there are experts in everything. In our least funny episode ever, we thankfully convinced a global expert, professor, researcher, author, and Genocidologist (it’s a real word) Dr. Dirk Moses to answer the questions that we may secretly have: What exactly is genocide? How long has it been happening? Is it a war crime? Is it a crime of atrocity? Who makes up humanitarian law? What's self-defense — and what's offense? How is it litigated? Whose business is it? Why do we do this to each other? What can be done? It’s a dense, long episode with lots of asides for history and context, but it might be just what you need to give you perspective on the conditions — and cycles of trauma — that can lead to crimes of atrocities.
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Read his book, “The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression”
A donation went to student tuition at City College of New York
Links to things we discussed:
Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
The Geneva Conventions Of 12 August 1949
The Formation of the United Nations, 1945
United Nations Charter (full text)
The International Criminal Court (ICC)
UN Framework of Analysis for Atrocity crimes
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
UN Summary of the history of Palestine/Israel since 1914
List of parties to the Genocide Convention
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
What is the difference between a nation and a state?
History of the Question of Palestine
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
From unimaginable to possible: Spain, Pinochet and the judicialization of power
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
South Africa urges top UN court to impose more emergency orders on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
South Africa asks ICJ for more measures against Israel over Gaza ‘famine’
U.S. vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine
Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?
Rohingya refugees risk dangerous sea route to Indonesia in search of safety and freedom
A Short Account Of The Destruction Of The Indies Bartolomé De Las Casas
Harsh Israeli rhetoric against Palestinians becomes central to South Africa’s genocide case
The harm caused by dehumanising language
Fanon on Violence and the Person
Israel officials support Gaza destruction, court hears
Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says
Is What’s Happening in Gaza a Genocide? Experts Weigh In
Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live tracker
Day of Remembrance: Japanese Angelenos at Manzanar
The U.S. Deported a Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression
China knife attack and explosions leave several dead
New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People
Why America’s Israel-Palestine debate is broken — and how to fix it
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Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth
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