Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Genocide"
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Allies and enemies, past and present: An analysis of the rationale for the development of universal jurisdiction over serious crimes under international law
(2017-11-08)Universal jurisdiction is a type of extraterritorial jurisdiction in international law. It permits any State to prosecute persons accused of committing certain abuses regardless of where the offence occurred and irrespective ... -
Contextualizing the 'Other': Parliamentary Discourses on Genocide and Rape in late nineteenth and late twentieth century Britain
(2012-09-27)This thesis argues that parliamentary discourses on genocide and rape have experienced continuity throughout the twentieth century. This is evident from the repetition of discursive categories within the British Houses of ... -
The Dehumanisation Dynamic: A Criminology of Genocide
(2011-10-03)Why do individuals perpetrate the crime of genocide? This thesis utilises an interdisciplinary, criminological approach in order to explore this question. Interviews with perpetrators and victims of genocide in Rwanda, ... -
Mass justice for mass atrocity: Transitional justice and illiberal peace-building in Rwanda
(2013-12-01)Rwanda took the new, global norm of accountability to its logical extreme by putting more than one million, mostly low-level genocide suspects on trial. In doing so, Rwanda challenged the dominant model of accountability ... -
Transitional justice in Africa: Traditional and modern approaches to addressing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
(NUI Galway, 2016-11-01)The term transitional justice generally refers to a range of judicial and nonjudicial mechanisms that have been utilized by countries in order to address massive human rights abuses. Such mechanisms can include prosecutions, ...