Mass Murder in Perspective A Comparison of Influences on the Dutch Policy during the Genocides in Cambodia and Bosnia Author: Judith Scholte Student number: 5612497 E-mail:
[email protected] Phone number: +31 6 23 50 81 90 Date: 06-08-2017 Words: 16,773 MA International Relations in Historical Perspective Supervisor: Prof. dr. Bob de Graaff Table of Contents Abstract ………..................................................................................................................... 3 List of Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………………………................ 4 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 2. Historical Context ……………………………………………….……………………………………………………. 10 o Historical OvervieW Cambodia …………………………..……………………………………………….. 10 o Ideas and Structure of the Early Khmer Rouge……………………………………………………. 10 o Lon Nol Regime ………………………………………………………….………………………………………. 11 o Khmer Rouge Coup ….…………………………………………………………………………………………. 12 o Historical OvervieW Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Srebrenica ……………………………………… 14 o Bosnia Enters the War ………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 o Comparison ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18 3. Nature of the Genocide ……………………………….…………………………………………………………… 19 o Historical OvervieW Human Rights and Genocide ……………………………….……………… 19 o Cambodia …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 o Bosnia and Srebrenica ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 23 o Comparison ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24 4. Information Level and Government ….……………………………………………………………………... 26 o Historical OvervieW Dutch