Genocide and mass atrocities in Asia : legacies and prevention / edited by Deborah Mayerson and Annie Pohlman. - xiii, 204 pages ; 24 cm. - Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 40 . - Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 40. .

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Deborah Mayersen and Annie Pohlman -- Part 1. The Legacies of Atrocities in Asia -- An Ongoing Legacy of Atrocity : Torture and the Indonesian State / Annie Pohlman -- International Civil Society as Agent of Protection : Responses to the Famine in East Timor / Clinton Fernandes -- Maximizing Transitional Justice Opportunities : The Case of East Timor's CAVR / Heather Castel -- Transitional Justice Time : Uncle San, Aunty Yan, and Outreach at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal / Alex Hinton -- Humanitarian Intervention and the Legacies of Security Council (In) action : East Pakistan (1971) and East Timor (1976-1979) / Phil Orchard -- Part 2. Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia and Globally -- Political Realism, Sovereignty and Intervention : Is Genocide Prevention Really Possible in a World of Sovereign States? / Paul Bartrop -- Political Instability and Genocide : Comparing Causes in Asia and the Pacific and Globally / Benjamin Goldsmith, Dimitri Semenovich and Arcot Sowmya -- Discourses on Violence : Constraints and Challenges for Mediators in Asia / Dale Bagshaw and Damien Coghlan -- "Never Again" or Again and Again : The Genocide Convention, the Responsibility to Protect and Mass Atrocity Prevention / Deborah Mayersen -- Conclusion / Deborah Mayersen and Annie Pohlman.

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Atrocities--History--Asia--20th century.
Genocide--History--Asia--20th century.
Genocide--Prevention--Government policy.--Asia
Mass murder--History--Asia--20th century.
Political violence--History--Asia--20th century.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects--Asia.
Verhinderung.
Völkermord.


Asia--History, Military--20th century.
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Asia--Social conditions.
Asia--Social policy.
Asien.

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