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Pågår det ett långsamt folkmord i Västpapua?

Holkenberg, Sandra LU (2010) MRSG20 20101
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to examine if there is a slow genocide taking place in West Papua. To decide this, the situation of the people of West Papua will be applied on the genocide convention. Other alternative definitions will also be presented to recognize the complexity of the term genocide.
The essay will focus on the violence and use of authority by the Indonesian government, the military and the company Freeport McMoRan. I will use the cases from the tribunals which were created to examine the genocides of Rwanda and Yugoslavia, to understand how to interpret the genocide convention towards the situation of West Papua. To get a greater understanding of the term genocide, Martin Shaw’s book “What is genocide” will be used as an... (More)
The purpose of this essay is to examine if there is a slow genocide taking place in West Papua. To decide this, the situation of the people of West Papua will be applied on the genocide convention. Other alternative definitions will also be presented to recognize the complexity of the term genocide.
The essay will focus on the violence and use of authority by the Indonesian government, the military and the company Freeport McMoRan. I will use the cases from the tribunals which were created to examine the genocides of Rwanda and Yugoslavia, to understand how to interpret the genocide convention towards the situation of West Papua. To get a greater understanding of the term genocide, Martin Shaw’s book “What is genocide” will be used as an essenial part. (Less)
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author
Holkenberg, Sandra LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20101
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Indonesia, Westpapua, Folkmord, Folkmordskonventionen, Papua, Indonesien, Västpapua, The Genocide Convention, Genocide
language
Swedish
id
1608574
date added to LUP
2010-06-15 17:20:18
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:47
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this essay is to examine if there is a slow genocide taking place in West Papua. To decide this, the situation of the people of West Papua will be applied on the genocide convention. Other alternative definitions will also be presented to recognize the complexity of the term genocide. 
The essay will focus on the violence and use of authority by the Indonesian government, the military and the company Freeport McMoRan. I will use the cases from the tribunals which were created to examine the genocides of Rwanda and Yugoslavia, to understand how to interpret the genocide convention towards the situation of West Papua. To get a greater understanding of the term genocide, Martin Shaw’s book “What is genocide” will be used as an essenial part.}},
  author       = {{Holkenberg, Sandra}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Pågår det ett långsamt folkmord i Västpapua?}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}