On genocide and settler-colonial violence : Australia in comparative perspective -- Betrayal and hypocrisy : the United Nations, Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal -- Lessons from Srebenica : the United Nations after Bosnia -- Naming and framing : Darfur, the genocide debate and the responsibility to protect -- Indonesia and the UN Genocide Convention : the empty promises of human rights ritualism -- When the UN refuses to prevent genocide : legal, political and religious factors -- The responsibility to protect and the 'responsibility to assist' : developing human rights protection through policy building -- United Nations outreach programmes and genocide prevention -- Moving beyond 'technical fixes' : genocide prevention and the United Nations.

"The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was the first human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations, reflecting the global commitment to 'never again' in the wake of the Holocaust. Seven decades on, The United Nations and Genocide examines how the UN has met, and failed to meet, the commitment to 'prevent and punish' the crime of genocide. It explores why the UN was unable to respond effectively to the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, the Balkans and Darfur, and considers new approaches recently adopted by the UN to address genocide. This volume asks the crucial question: can the UN protect peoples from genocide in the modern world?"-- Taken from back cover.