Protesters, activists and international law are doing their job, but only political action can end a genocide.
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While the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from escalating, it has not stopped many accusations of genocides, including violence in Darfur and in Ukraine.
The UN’s Genocide Convention turns 70 this month. It’s time for the world to reaffirm its commitment to the international law and show the moral courage of our convictions.
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Executive Director, The Montréal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University
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President Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, former Attorney General of Canada and Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Profesor de Historia Contemporánea, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela