It'll Take More Than Political Rhetoric To Stop Genocide

In mid-March, both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.S. House of Representatives characterized atrocities ISIS has perpetrated as "genocide." These declarations mark only the second time in history—after then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's determination in 2004 in relation to Darfur—that a U.S. presidential administration has stated that an ongoing crisis constitutes genocide.

After recognizing such odious crimes against humanity, what should the U.S. government actually do to stop or at least mitigate them? On February 11, a bipartisan coalition of 15 senators introduced the "Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016" ("the Act"). Two weeks later, more than 60 faith, human rights, humanitarian and anti-genocide groups released a statement lobbying for the bill's passage....

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