Was the Holocaust Legal? Agamben on Ethics, Law, and Genocide
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
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How does Agamben attempt to theorize ethics outside of a legalistic framework, and how successful is his attempt to do so? What would an...
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Paris court sentences Rwandan policeman to life in prison over genocide
A Paris court on Wednesday found a former Rwandan military policeman guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994...
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Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
Four Armenian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by Azerbaijani fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, said separatist authorities in the breakaway...
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Inside daring effort to rescue Ukrainian children
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy says more than 200,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported to Russia and Russia-occupied...
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Scholar of Genocide in Wartime: Why Momentum Matters in Ukrainian Counter-Offensive
“The international community that monitors and investigates war crimes against civilians is watching closely..." As the new Ukrainian...
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Russia to continue work in CAR, Wagner business separate: Kremlin
The fate of Wagner mercenaries at home and in parts of Africa is uncertain after its abortive mutiny in Russia on Saturday. Russian...
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A Dangerous Shift Is Underway in the West Bank
In April 1988, as a reporter for Haaretz, I attended the funeral of a 15-year-old West Bank settler, Tirza Porat, who was accidentally...
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Sudan's RSF says it seized police base as fighting rages
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Peru: “Genocide Bill” scrapped as Indigenous people claim victory
In a dramatic reversal of fortune, a key Congressional committee in Peru has effectively blocked a draft law, labeled the “Genocide Bill”...
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East Cobb synagogue target of Nazi flags, anti-Semitic signs
A small handful of people stood in front of the Chabad of Cobb synagogue in East Cobb on Saturday, waving Nazi swastika flags and holding...
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