Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities
As of June 2017, this is official German government policy, adopted by the federal cabinet as the highest executive organ in its “Guidelines on Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace.” Compared to earlier policy documents, the ambition is expressed more strongly than ever: raison d’...
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| description | As of June 2017, this is official German government policy, adopted by the federal cabinet as the highest executive organ in its “Guidelines on Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building
Peace.” Compared to earlier policy documents, the ambition is expressed more strongly than ever: raison d’état, or reason of state, is vernacular usually reserved for Germany’s unwavering
commitment to the survival of the state of Israel.
The statement quoted above must be seen in the context of Germany’s broader coming of age in matters of international leadership. It does not describe the emphasis on preventing genocide and mass atrocities in current policy. Interpreting this aspiration and its prospects for shaping future policy requires substantial background on the past and present of Germany’s political debates and bureaucratic infrastructure on crisis prevention, atrocity prevention, and responsibility to protect.
This paper consists of two main sections.The first introduces the political context and recent history of Germany’s institutional setup for atrocity prevention. The second describes this setup and explains its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the key challenges to be addressed in order to live up to the aspiration of making more effective contributions to the prevention of genocide and other atrocities. We conclude with an outlook on Germany’s contributions to atrocity prevention in the next few years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-18f233fbb90b4078bb1d14e3fe8e6c272022-12-22T03:25:46ZengInternational Association of Genocide ScholarsGenocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal1911-03591911-99332018-03-01113203110.5038/1911-9933.11.3.1582Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing AtrocitiesSarah Brockmeier0Philipp Rotmann1Global Public Policy Institute Global Public Policy InstituteAs of June 2017, this is official German government policy, adopted by the federal cabinet as the highest executive organ in its “Guidelines on Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace.” Compared to earlier policy documents, the ambition is expressed more strongly than ever: raison d’état, or reason of state, is vernacular usually reserved for Germany’s unwavering commitment to the survival of the state of Israel. The statement quoted above must be seen in the context of Germany’s broader coming of age in matters of international leadership. It does not describe the emphasis on preventing genocide and mass atrocities in current policy. Interpreting this aspiration and its prospects for shaping future policy requires substantial background on the past and present of Germany’s political debates and bureaucratic infrastructure on crisis prevention, atrocity prevention, and responsibility to protect. This paper consists of two main sections.The first introduces the political context and recent history of Germany’s institutional setup for atrocity prevention. The second describes this setup and explains its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the key challenges to be addressed in order to live up to the aspiration of making more effective contributions to the prevention of genocide and other atrocities. We conclude with an outlook on Germany’s contributions to atrocity prevention in the next few years.http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol11/iss3/6GermanyPreventionGenocide |
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| title | Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities |
| title_full | Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities |
| title_fullStr | Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities |
| title_short | Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities |
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| topic | Germany Prevention Genocide |
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