"Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities/PSD-10" and the 2010 National Security Strategy elevated mass atrocities to a core national security interest. This study argues that PSD-10 will be implemented in a world where international borders...
Raymond, Dwight; Bernath, Cliff; Braum, Don; Zurcher, Ken
The Mass Atrocity Prevention and Response Options (MAPRO) Policy Planning Handbook is a collaborative effort intended to assist the policy community in addressing mass atrocity situations. The MAPRO Handbook supplements the Mass Atrocity Response...
Presidential Study Directive-10 directed executive agencies to improve efforts in preventing human atrocities. Conflict analysis has identified that internal conflict has significant adverse impacts on civilian populations. Apart from increased...
In all conflicts there are war crimes and atrocities committed, however, there are fewer in modern times than conflicts of the past. Throughout the 20th century, war crimes and atrocities were committed by different countries at war. Historical and...
Since 2006, there has been a shift in United States policy, advocating for the intervention and prevention of mass atrocities. This shift in policy provided the momentum for the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Peacekeeping and Stability...
This thesis is a case study of the 1923 Greco-Turkish population exchange and asserts the compulsory expulsion effectively prevented genocide of Orthodox Christians living in Asia Minor. To support this argument historical evidence leading up to...
This monograph explores the evolution of genocide and mass atrocities from the 20th Century until today, focusing specifically on the ability and desirability of the US to employ the US Joint Force to protect innocent civilians from the hands of...
Coroy, James C.; Wallace, Crystal; Martin, John; Burrows, Garnald; Stolniceanu, Catalin; Kessler, John
The United States continues to deploy its forces worldwide. American leaders and Soldiers are operating at the highest tempo in recent memory. History suggests that war crimes have occurred in every conflict that the United States military has been...
Even though the massacre of innocent civilians occurred during the Vietnam War, there were fewer war crimes and atrocities committed than in previous wars. Even though many atrocities were committed including the massacre of innocent civilians,...
Janis A. Doss, Janis A. ; Amedeo, Di Marzio; Foreman, James; Diaz, Jose F.; Lonergan, Robert
Discussion. War tribunals in past history show no evidence of deterrence for war
crimes. Rules of law are a part of moral ethics and are violated repeatedly. Atrocities
continue throughout the world and war criminals are not being held accountable....
Doss, Janis A.; Amedeo, Di Marzio; Foreman, James; Diaz, Jose F.; Lonergan, Robert
Thesis: War tribunals and international law do not deter war criminals. War crimes tribunals are courts of law established to try individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Despite the often heinous nature of the crimes that...
International Law of war and the Geneva Convention prohibit crimes and atrocities, yet they continue and guilty nations are rarely held accountable. Abstract: This paper shows that throughout history armed forces continue to commit atrocities and...
History illustrates that genocide is a reoccurring phenomenon. A variety of indicators suggest that the potential for the US to deploy military forces to prevent or stop genocide or mass atrocity is increasing. Continued involvement in limited...
Ever since the earliest of times, tribes of men have sought the refuge of a group. With these groups, leaders are made. These leaders eventually want more not only for the land that they rule but for the self gratification they will receive. War is...
The purpose of this study is to identify relationships between Nazi Macroeconomic policy and its ability to enable genocide. This study uses primary source documentation from newspapers, historical documents and published works to examine Nazi...
Embedded in the memories of thousands of Vietnam Veterans are war crimes and atrocities. The flashbacks of the torture, mutilation, and killing of women and children which occurred haunt those that committed such horrific acts. The destruction of...
Past war crimes and atrocities were significantly greater in Iraq since the modern day era after the Vietnam War. There were many war crimes and atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein, but history shows
they were significantly fewer than in...
World War II is remembered for some of history’s most unspeakable acts of war crimes and atrocities committed against humanity. In Europe, Germany’s Adolph Hitler attempted to carry out the destruction of the Jewish population, leading to the...
Non-Governmental Organizations, research and academic institutions, charities, and international organization efforts to track and monitor activities and conditions in high-risk settings provide uniquely useful indicators and warning of possible...