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In\xa0State Responses to Crimes of\xa0Genocide: What Went Wrong and How to Change it\xa0(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)\xa0Dr Ewelina U. Ochab\xa0and\xa0Lord Alton of Liverpool\xa0bring together ongoing situations of\xa0genocide around the globe. Foregrounding the testimonies of victims, the authors' multiple\xa0visits to the aftermath of atrocities, and the countless actions taken by Lord Alton in British Parliament over his 40 year political career, this book is a chilling but essential read which compels a response. Atrocities are contextualised in the history of\xa0the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It poses the question as to what, if anything, has improved since the\xa0Genocide Convention was enacted in 1948.\xa0\nIn our interview, Dr Ochab and Lord Alton make the case that the international response to recent and ongoing\xa0genocides perpetrated\xa0against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, against belief minorities in Syria and Iraq, and in Nigeria\xa0and Dafur,\xa0have been inadequate. Instead,\xa0the global community must act to predict, prevent, protect and punish genocide. And while recent responses to these atrocities would seem to give little hope for the future, the book does aim to motivate action\xa0to prevent the crime of genocide in the future.\xa0\nDr Ewelina U. Ochab\xa0is a\xa0human rights advocate, author and co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response.\nLord David Alton of Liverpool was a Member of the House of Commons in British Parliament\xa0for 18 years, and is now an Independent Crossbench Life Peer.\xa0\nJane Richards\xa0is a doctoral student at the University of Hong Kong. You can find her on twitter where she follows all things related to human rights and Hong Kong politics @JaneRichardsHK\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law