“Actions That Shock the Conscience of Mankind”: Limitations of the Genocide Paradigm with Dirk Moses by International Horizons - Ralph Bunche Institute published on 2021-03-01T16:29:42Z For the first time in history, the Genocide Convention of 1948 created a hierarchy of atrocities and criminal transgressions; how well does that paradigm serve the cause of reducing such actions? On March 1, we host Dirk Moses, Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Human Rights History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to discuss how the genocide paradigm has narrowed the scope of transgressive acts, limiting the ability of international law to address other kinds of wrongs such as indiscriminate aerial bombing. You can find a copy of the transcript here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2021/03/01/actions-that-shock-the-conscience-of-mankind-limitations-of-the-genocide-paradigm-with-dirk-moses/ Genre News & Politics