萨曼莎•莱金 (Samantha Lakin) 博士是灭绝种族罪比较研究领域的专家,也是马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校和平、民主与发展中心的高级研究员,她还曾担任该校冲突解决课程的讲师。(请注意:作者以研究灭绝种族罪学者的个人身份撰写本文,她的观点不代表其现任雇主的观点。)

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Dr. Raphael Lemkin, who coined the word "genocide", at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 9 December 1948. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the General Assembly on the same date. UN Photo
 The statue “Kwibuka Flame of Hope”, a gift from the Republic of Rwanda, was installed on 11 September 2024 in the north garden area at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías

当前,国际社会的特殊罪行发生率正不断上升,各类冲突不断演化,并变得更加复杂,许多危机长期存在,仍未被解决。社交媒体上错误信息的传播正在加剧仇恨言论和两极分化,使得国际社会更难以团结起来应对当下发生的危机。