Tag: Genocide

Replace Just War Theory with Nonviolence—What about Syria and Genocide?

A historic conference recently wrapped up at the Vatican that addressed the continued relevance of the traditional Catholic doctrine of just war theory. Just war theory outlines the moral requirements surrounding the decision to use force and the ethical limits on using force justly. The decision to use force requires a just cause, right intention,… Read More Replace Just War Theory with Nonviolence—What about Syria and Genocide?

Daniel Petri

In Response to the Crimes of Assad and ISIS, the House Passes Genocide and War Crimes Resolutions

After nearly five years of civil war, precipitated by Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, and perhaps 470,000 deaths, the US House of Representatives passed a war crimes resolution aimed at holding Assad and his allies accountable for their war crimes, as well as a genocide resolution that identifies Christians as victims of ISIS’s… Read More In Response to the Crimes of Assad and ISIS, the House Passes Genocide and War Crimes Resolutions

Robert Christian

Quote of the Day

Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Elie Wiesel Award winner General Roméo Dallaire: “You, General, have stood between the killers and their prey. You have heard the piercing screams of victims, and the deafening silence of a world unable to muster the will to act. You have turned that deadly… Read More Quote of the Day

Millennial

Obama: Together, We Must Give Enduring Meaning to the Words “Never Again.”

Here is President Obama’s statement on Yom HaShoah: On this Yom HaShoah, I join people of all faiths in the United States, in the State of Israel, and around the world in remembering the six million Jews – innocent men, women and children – who were senselessly murdered during the Holocaust, as well as all… Read More Obama: Together, We Must Give Enduring Meaning to the Words “Never Again.”

Millennial

Rwanda: Remembering the past, embracing the future

Check out the video below on Kwibuka20. Here is some background information on it: Kwibuka means ‘remember’ in Kinyarwanda, Rwanda’s language. It describes the annual commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. More than one million Rwandans died in the hundred days of the genocide. It was one of human history’s darkest times. Twenty… Read More Rwanda: Remembering the past, embracing the future

Sarah Christian