Episode 18: Genocide Never Ends, Let's End Genocide
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Join Elisa and Irene to discuss The Iraq Project's name change! We explain why we have chosen to rename ourselves and what went into choosing the name The Lemkin Institute.Along the way we cover:- The life of Raphael Lemkin,- The problem with confining the definition of genocide to the international legal system,- The emergence of new definitions of genocide within domestic and customary law,- The long-term harm caused by genocide, the contradictions of genocide prevention in Iraq,- The increasingly unequal global system,- The necessity of nation-based and grassroots prevention mechanisms,- The 11 Principles of Genocide Prevention,- Global paradigm shifts that give us hope,- Eduardo Galeano,- Avoiding the pitfalls of idealism,- Irene's PhD studies,- Iraqi elections, and- the failure of restorative justice in Namibia.
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