What are the stakes of calling an armed conflict a genocide? Even as a ceasefire agreement takes hold – the term continues to come up in relation to the war in Gaza. So what are the stakes of calling ...

Israel has been convicted of genocide by protesters at Columbia and UCLA, but its genocide case before the International Court of Justice is still pending. Israel remains officially aghast that it, ...

Debates over how to describe conflicts in Gaza, Myanmar and elsewhere are channeling a controversy as old as the word itself. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan Supported by By Linda Kinstler Linda ...

Samantha Lakin, PhD, is a specialist in comparative genocide and a Senior Fellow at The Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD) at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she also ...

As an American, I share the deep sorrow over my country’s complicity in this horrific crime against humanity. Ad Policy Members of the Armenian community hold flags and placards during a rally to ...

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David J. Scheffer is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations with a focus on international law and international criminal justice. He was the lead U.S. negotiator for four war crimes ...