Rachel Glendenning

Professor Nadine Gordon

UWRT 1103-005
16 November 2016
Literature Review:
Still Standing By: Why America and the International Community Fail to Prevent
Genocide and Mass Killing
Though Bill Clinton declared that it is our responsibility to make sure that another
genocide does not occur again at the opening of the Holocaust Museum, what would happen in
Rwanda few months later showed how empty that promise was. Later, Clinton would justify the
United States lack of actions stemmed from us not knowing the extent of what was occurring in
Rwanda. The U.S. was not the only one that failed to come to Rwandas aid. The UN also let
down humanity with their knowledge by not stopping the violence unless the Rwandan people
showed a promise to peace first.
U.S. Considers Efforts To Help Religious Minorities Recover From ISIS
Earlier this year the Secretary of State, John Kerry, announced that the U.S. holds ISIS
accountable for the genocide that is occurring in parts of Syria and Iraq. Our nation said there is
a genocide occurring, this time though our country is considering to help the religious minorities
in the area. The problem is that even though we are considering aid to those most affected by the
genocide, talk and action are two different things.
A System, Society, and Community Perspective on Genocide

Most scholars do not even believe in an international community; thus, there is not really
a system that holds each other accountable. Part of the problem why international governments
do not intervene is that since they do not take this on as a group, they are less like to be
successful. If all or majority of countries could come together at with same ideas of what
cooperation, justice, human rights, and power than genocides would be less like to happen as
intervention would happen quickly and effectively.
No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political Mass
Murder since 1955
The holocaust is the genocide that sparked outrage in the international community and a
commitment to make sure another does not happen. Unfortunately, this commitment has fell
short many times since. Since the holocaust there have been thirty-five episodes throughout the
world that strong fit genocidal characteristics that international government has failed to stopped.
The worst part is that as of today, there is twenty-five countries considered at risk for having a
possible genocide and yet no precautions from the international community to ensure they never
happen.
International Intervention and the Severity of Genocides and Politicides
The few failures of intervention of nations intentionally mass killing groups has left the
United Nations scared to act on others. The UN doubts has let them not act on high profile cases
like Rwanda which was responsible for the death of more than hundred-thousand . If there was a
way that an intervention method that would continually work, international doubts would be
resolved.
Holocaust Museum Turns Efforts to Darfur

The international community let Rwanda slipped by without providing any relief, but
now it is time to right the wrong and aid Darfur. Darfur is in middle of an international crisis and
the Holocaust Museum is trying to bring attention to the problem. The attention the museum has
brought, is leading the public to push the United States government to provide aid. Only time
will tell if the push will result in an intervention, but this is a step in the right direction.
Samantha Power: A Complicated Hero in the War on Dictatorship
Unlike other genocides, Darfur has caused outraged in the United States. This outraged is
especially strong among college students, who started a movement that has convince fifty-five
university to remove their stocks in companies doing business in Sudan, created a hotline, and
created genocide grading system to make congress rethink their policies allowing genocide. For
the first time, the movement is making that there are political consequences for just being a
bystander that allows a genocide unlike previous genocides.
THE ROOTS AND PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND RELATED MASS VIOLENCE
The U.S. government and France along with many others have allowed genocides to
occur for what is in best of interest for themselves. International governments have let national
interest such as power, wealth, and influence decide on how they respond to mass killings instead
of doing what is morally right. Most problematic, international governments do not see
themselves as responsible to hold other governments responsible to maintain human rights in
their communities.