ABSTRACT
During the Genocide Convention’s first fifty years as a centerpiece of international human rights law, the US shared responsibility or was directly responsible for the commission of genocide no fewer than seven times. It would be easy to write off US responsibility for genocide as a thing of the past. However, as we approach the Genocide Convention’s 70th anniversary, the first two decades of the 21st century belie any prospect that things have changed. The US operates in a culture of impunity, one that pervades the legal, political, and academic arenas. This must change.
