History

INTRODUCTION by William Shawcross
The Unlearned Lesson of History

1. The Crime of Genocide
Criminal Intention; The Necessary Distinctions; The Importance of Making Distinctions

2. The Three Genocides of the 20th Century
The Young Turks, Territory and Nationalism; The Nazis and Industrial Destruction; The Racism of the Hutu, The Old and the New; The Characteristics of Genocide

3. Hutu and Tutsi: Tribalism Without a Tribe
The Perception of Colour, Black and White; Promoting the Tutsi; The Belgian About-Turn and the 1959 Revolution; The Tutsi as Scapegoat

4. From Indifference to Compassion
The Shadow of Somalia; French Intervention, Atonement for the Past; The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention

5. Justice Must be Done
Individual Culpability and Collective Responsibility; Crime and Punishment; Britain, France and Belgium and Political Responsibility

Appendices

Convention for the Prevention of and Punishment for the Crime of Genocide

Chronology