Genocide and International Law: Does the Genocide Convention Protect All Nations from Genocide?Posted: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 at 06:17 PM UT Genocide and International Law: Does the Genocide Convention Protect All Nations from Genocide? Professor Hannibal Travis will present his views, “Why have Turkey and the member states of the Arab League often been allowed to escape condemnation for mass murders against their own populations, while other nations are forced to face international consequences for their crimes?” — Professor Hannibal Travis Why have Turkey and the member states of the Arab League often been allowed to escape condemnation for mass murders against their own populations, while other nations are forced to face international consequences for their crimes? Professor Hannibal Travis, professor at Florida International University of Law, will explore this question among others as he applies his insights to the subject of genocide in the twentieth century on Monday, April 14, 2014, 6:30 p.m., at the National Press Club of Washington, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC. “Over the past several decades,” Professor Travis said, “the Republic of Turkey has interpreted the Genocide Convention as not applying to its own history and conduct, even as it claims to be preventing acts of genocide against its racial, ethnic and religious allies in the Balkans, China, Cyprus, Palestine, Russia, and Syria. The member states of the Arab League have been doing the same by maintaining a disproportionate focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in order to deflect the attention of the United Nations away from their eradication or forcible assimilation of their own indigenous non-Muslim populations.” To correct this oversight of justice, Professor Travis believes it is important that we never forget the ethnic and religious cleansing of the period from 1914 through 1945 in the Middle East and Europe, as we attempt to understand and to resist contemporary threats to ethnic and religious tolerance and diversity. Professor Travis will be a speaker at the book launch of Joe David’s latest book The Infidels (Thames River Press, London). The Infidels is a moving story about an Assyrian family, trapped in northwestern Persia, during World War I, victims of one of the twentieth century’s first major genocides. David will read a passage from his book, which is a fictionalization of his mother’s harrowing experience, while a child, living in Urmia in northwestern Persia. For more information about the book event and to reserve space, please contact: Joe David The National Press Club: https://press.org/events/joe-david-infidels
The Infidels by Joe David A story about a religious war that occurred 100 years ago Joe David’s latest book is in the great tradition of novels like Forty Days of Musa Dagh and histories like the Rape of Nanking. It reveals the scars of brutality and inhumanity as history intersects with the ordinary lives of innocent people. Readers will be inspired and informed by Joe David's dramatization of the Assyrian genocide and the struggle of civilians to overcome the hardships of the war and its aftermath. The Infidels is a story that has been all but lost in the shadow of the Armenian genocide. Now, the memory of the thousands of Assyrians massacred alongside the Armenians is finally being recognized and Joe David’s book helps to bring the innocent victims back into the realm of history. — Igor A. Kotler I found Joe David’s version of a rarely discussed genocide, the plotted murder of the Assyrians by the Kurds and the Turks during World War I, to be thoroughly engrossing. In writing his novel, David not only demonstrates a significant knowledge of the customs and history of the times, but he also vividly brings to life the past in an exciting and meaningful way.
— Anahit Khosroeva, PhD Senior Researcher, Institute of History National Academy of Sciences of Armenia The Great War began with two shots: one aimed at the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg throne, and the other aimed at his wife, Sophie. What many thought would be just another Balkan squabble quickly escalated into a major war felt around the world. As Europe burst into flames and millions of soldiers began battling the forces of nationalism, the Ottoman Turks joined arms with the Germans and extended the conflict to their longtime enemies, the Russians and the Christians. Incited by secular leaders in Constantinople, northwestern Persia became a warzone in which radical religious tribes invaded Christian villages and systematically martyred hundreds of thousands of ‘infidels” who dared to resist conversion. On a small slice of ancient, isolated land owned by a wealthy Assyrian family, a young Christian girl awakens to the brutal massacre of her race in a war that she is too young to understand. Stripped of her privileged and comfortable existence, pursued by a Muslim governor – a symbol of the rising new world order – and surrounded by hostility and greed, deep-seated hatred and unspeakable horrors, she must somehow come to terms with the nightmare that her life has become. You will visit the past to grasp the present The Infidels by Joe David To be released worldwide April 1st, 2014. The National Press Club: https://press.org/events/joe-david-infidels  The Infidels by Joe David
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Book Description When clashing religious ideals come to a head, a young girl must somehow come to terms with the brutal massacre of her race and a world filled with hatred and horror. About the Author Joe David is a Virginia-based writer and a former freelance journalist, public relations specialist and educator. Two of his five previous works include “Teacher of the Year” (1996) and “The Fire Within” (1981). |
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