Confronting Ethnic Cleansing in the Twenty-First Century

In: Journal of church and state: JCS, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 693-701

Abstract

This editorial discusses the need to confront ethnic cleansing in the 21st century, deploring the fact that the 20th century saw the slaughter of as many as 170 million human beings in numerous episodes of such "cleansing" worldwide. Following a brief history of ethnic cleansing, its causes & progressive nature are discussed. The question is posed of whether it can be stopped. Several types of activity that might lead toward this vital change in human behavior are outlined, but it is concluded that the most important element in this task is human will. The document, The Stockholm Accords on Ethnic Cleansing, is presented following the article. S. Stanton