Genocide in Australia.
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چکیده
A number of scholars — notably Tony Barta, Colin Tatz, Dirk Moses1 — have in recent years attempted to apply the concept of genocide to the conflict between European and Indigenous peoples in Australia. The definition of genocide is necessarily central to such analysis, with the definition contained in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide being most often used. It defines genocide as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Aboriginal history
دوره 25 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001