What can I find on the Cambodian Genocide?
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The BULS search cambodia AND genocide retrieves 98 books (as of Feb 2018); 31 have been published in the last 5 years.
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From rice fields to killing fields : nature, life, and labor under the Khmer Rouge by Location: JSTOR eBookPublication Date: 2017
The Khmer Rouge and the Crime of Genocide by
More than one million people died in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 under the regime of the Khmer Rouge. Thirty years later, a Cambodian court, supported by the UN, seeks to hold legally accountable those most responsible for the crimes committed. This study presents some of the major legal issues relevant to possible genocide charges against the Khmer Rouge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The first part of the book examines the basic structure and elements of the crime of genocide under international criminal law, with a focus on the particular intent requirement and the issue of groups as targets of genocidal intent. The second part looks at the specific case of the Khmer Rouge mass atrocities - based on the legal framework elaborated - discussing the questions involved in the legal characterization of Khmer Rouge policies. These questions include the auto-genocide debate, the distinction between discriminatory mass killings and genocidal intent, as well as the legal relevance of motives for group targeting. (Series: International Criminal Law - Vol. 2)
Location: Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries Mezzanine KZ7180 .F678 2012Publication Date: 2012
Transitional justice and memory in Cambodia : beyond the extraordinary chambers by Location: PQ eBookPublication Date: 2017
Genocide in Cambodia : documents from the trial of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary by
The Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and aggressively pursued a policy of radical social reform that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians through mass executions and physical privation. In January 1979, the government was overthrown by former Khmer Rouge functionaries, with substantial backing from the army of Vietnam. In August of that year a special court, the People's Revolutionary Tribunal, was constituted to try two of the Khmer Rouge government's most powerful leaders, Pol Pot and Ieng Sary. The charge against them was genocide as it was defined in the United Nation's genocide convention of 1948. At the time, both men were in the Cambodian jungle leading the Khmer Rouge in a struggle to regain power; they were, therefore, tried in absentia. Genocide in Cambodia assembles documents from this historic trial and contains extensive reports from the People's Revolutionary Tribunal. The book opens with essays that discuss the nature of the primary documents, and places the trial in its historical, legal, and political context. The documents are divided into three parts: those relating to the establishment of the tribunal; those used as evidence, including statements of witnesses, investigative reports of mass grave sites, expert opinions on the social and cultural impact of the actions of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary, and accounts from the foreign press; and finally the record of the trial, beginning with the prosecutor's indictment and ending with the concluding speeches by the attorneys for the defense and prosecution. The trial of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary was the world's first genocide trial based on United Nations's policy as well as the first trial of a head of government on a human rights-related charge. This documentary record is significant for the history of Cambodia, and it will be of the highest importance as well to the international legal and human rights communities.
Location: ProQuest Ebook ; also Mugar Stacks KNM41.P65 P65 2000Publication Date: 2000
Peer-reviewed journal articles
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- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Find International Relations, Political Science, and Foreign Affairs journal articles and sources. 1975+.
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- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window Find sociology journal articles and sources. 1952+.
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new window The PAIS International database covers current public policy issues and areas of potential legislation. Cited articles, books and documents can date back to 1910 and are listed in the original language. Approx. 1910+
- Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Anthropology Plus provides worldwide coverage of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works and obituaries in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary fields. Date coverage: late 19th century - present.
Anthropology Plus provides worldwide coverage of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works and obituaries in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary fields. Date coverage: late 19th century - present.Newspapers
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text from the following newspapers: Boston Globe; New York Times; Washington Post; Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Defender. See listing for each individual newspaper for specific access information and to search that publication separately. Additional content for some titles is added on a one year rolling basis.
IGOs/NGOs
- Amnesty Internationalsee also:
Amnesty International [microform], a major collection of published and unpublished research material. 1983+.
Mugar Microforms Rm JC571 .A44 (Index)
Amnesty International report. 1975/76+
An annual summary report of worldwide issues and Amnesty International’s response. Browse and search through the website or in the Reference collection at Mugar Reference X JC571 .A44a
- Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. This website provides breaking news and current project information of the organization including the campaign to ratify the International Criminal Court. Many publications by this organization are listed in BULSearch under “Human Rights Watch”.
see also Human Rights Watch World Reports 1989+ (including current year.)
- Foreign Policy in Focus – Human Rights A “think tank without walls” that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. “Unlike traditional think tanks, FPIF is committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda-one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements.” (from the site)
- Treaty Bodies Database (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) While State reports and concluding observations constitute the core of the database, you will also find other full-text documents (Documents)and factual data (Reporting Status, Status of Ratification) concerning reporting process and ratification of the treaties, as well as information relating to the Committees. Well organized, can be sorted by country.
- Refworld (UNHCR)"Collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy papers, case law and other documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. The documents have been carefully selected from - and with - UNHCR field offices, governments, international, regional and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and judicial bodies."
Think Tanks/ Organizations
- Cambodian Genocide Program (Yale)A government funded program established to:
1) collect, study, and preserve all extant information about that period in Cambodian history,
2) make this information available to a court or tribunal willing to prosecute surviving Cambodian war criminals and genocide suspects, and
3) generate a critical, analytic understanding of genocide which can be marshaled in the prevention of political and ethnic violence against populations elsewhere in the world. - Baylor Institute for Oral History: Survivors of GenocideFourteen oral histories with survivors of the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda/Burundi, Bosnia, and Darfur.
Photographs/ Media
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window ARTstor is a database of images from museums, artists, libraries, colleges and universities, scholars, private collections, and photo archives available for teaching, education, and scholarship, with all images cleared for educational use.
- S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Mugar Krasker Film Collection 24111.DV
The Cambodian genocide of 1975-79 claimed 1.7 million lives, 21% of the country's population. As hundreds of thousands of people starved in the rice fields, a select number met their fate inside Khmer Rouge interrogation centers - the most famous of these centers was code-named S-21. Over 17,000 prisoners were executed there - only a handful survived. - Bomb Hunters
The film explores the long-term consequences of war and genocide in an attempt to understand the social, cultural, and historical context and experiences of rural villagers who seek out and dismantle UXO (unexploded ordnance) for profit.
