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International Law and Mass Violence: Colonial Roots and Practices

Speaking Out of Place

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Colonial Tropes and Continuities

Colonizers historically depicted themselves as victims forced to commit massacres against the colonized. This narrative has deep colonial continuities, especially evident in the colonization project against indigenous nations. For instance, in North America, it was argued that the failure of indigenous nations to separate women and children from men justified the mass killings by colonizers.

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