INTRODUCTION by William Shawcross The Unlearned Lesson of History1. The Crime of GenocideCriminal Intention; The Necessary Distinctions; The Importance of Making Distinctions2. The Three Genocides of the 20th CenturyThe Young Turks, Territory and Nationalism; The Nazis and Industrial Destruction; The Racism of the Hutu, The Old and the New; The Characteristics of Genocide3. Hutu and Tutsi: Tribalism Without a TribeThe Perception of Colour, Black and White; Promoting the Tutsi; The Belgian About-Turn and the 1959 Revolution; The Tutsi as Scapegoat4. From Indifference to CompassionThe Shadow of Somalia; French Intervention, Atonement for the Past; The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention5. Justice Must be DoneIndividual Culpability and Collective Responsibility; Crime and Punishment; Britain, France and Belgium and Political ResponsibilityAppendicesConvention for the Prevention of and Punishment for the Crime of GenocideChronology.