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Perpetrators of Mass Atrocities

2023
The attacks on 9/11 as well as the ones in Madrid, London, Paris and Brussel; the genocides in Nazi Germany, Rwanda and Cambodia; the torture in dictatorial regimes; the wars in former Yugoslavia, Syria and Iraq and currently in Ukraine; the sexual violence during periods of conflict, all make us wonder: why would anyone do something like that? Who are
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Accountability after Mass Atrocities

Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, 2022
The pursuit of accountability for perpetrators of mass violence is a significant aspect of peace negotiations. However, different groups often hold conflicting views on what justice means to them. While scholars increasingly discuss the contested nature of transitional justice processes, accountability continues to be seen as a relatively objective ...
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Narratives of Mass Atrocity

2022
Individuals can assume—and be assigned—multiple roles throughout a conflict: perpetrators can be victims, and vice versa; heroes can be reassessed as complicit and compromised. However, accepting this more accurate representation of the narrativized identities of violence presents a conundrum for accountability and justice mechanisms premised on clear ...
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Genocide and Mass Atrocities

2021
This chapter focuses on the dissemination and popular reception of information about mass atrocities and the Holocaust at its height. It investigates the eyewitness accounts, hearsay, and gossip that fed the ever-churning rumor mills of German wartime society to examine popular responses to evidence of German-perpetrated war crimes.
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Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities

2022
Intentional destruction of cultural heritage has a long history. Contemporary examples include the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, mosques in Xinjiang, China, mausoleums in Timbuktu, Mali, and Greco-Roman remains in Syria. Cultural heritage destruction invariably accompanies assaults on civilians, making heritage attacks impossible to disentangle from ...
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