Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide : the case of the Rohingya

1 Introduction: The Paradox of the Rohingya Genocide—Denial and (Non-)recognition

Nasir Uddin, Palash Kamruzzaman, and Bayes Ahmed      1

Part I Conceptual and Legal Context of Genocide

2 What’s in a Name? The Discursive Logic of Identity Erasure and Genocide Denial

San Beauchemin  37

3 Genocide Denial and Recognition: A Contested Perspective of the Rohingya Crisis

Md Touhidul Islam and Bayes Ahmed  59

4 ‘If Everything Is Genocide, Nothing Is Genocide’: The Construction of Impunity for the Rohingya Genocide Within International Law

Mohammad Pizuar Hossain 95

5 The Politics of Rohingya Genocide: Why Non-legal Definitions Matter for Understanding Genocidal Intent

Abdul Kadir Khan 121

6 Water as a Weapon: Water Insecurity and the Politics of Genocide in Rohingya Settlements in Myanmar

Pintu Kumar Mahla and Himani Choudhary   145

Part II Empirical and Evidential Narratives of the Rohingya Genocide

7 Understanding Genocidal Violence: The Discursiveness of Camp-Based Rohingya Narratives from Bangladesh

Imtiaz Ahmed and Niloy Ranjan Biswas  165

8 The Politics of Forced Reproduction: Genocide Denial and the Legal Invisibility of Rohingya Children

Shikha Vasishta and Pooja Kapoor   197

9 How Material Genocide Denial in the Aftermath of 2017 Perpetuated the Conditions for the Current Rohingya Genocide

Sirajul Islam, William Paul Simmons, and Saleh Ahmed  219

10 Claims of the Rohingya Genocide: View from Genocide Victims 247

Md. Daiyan Belal, Sadrul Alam Kanok, Nasir Uddin, and Palash Kamruzzaman

11 Gendering “Rohingya Genocide”: Through Survivors’ Micronarratives

Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and Tasnim Nowshin Fariha  283

Part III The Rohingya Genocide in Global Perspective

12 Recognising the Rohingya Genocide in the Global Media

Kajalie Shehreen Islam and Farah Zahan Shuchy  323

13 Intersection of Genocide and Forced Displacement: A Case of the Rohingya

Muhammad Kazim Nur Sohad, S. M. Sadat al Sajib, and Nasir Uddin  351

14 How the United Nations Denied and Enabled Myanmar’s Genocide of the Rohingya

Penny Green and Thomas MacManus  371

15 Rohingya Crisis and International Law: The Gambia v. Myanmar Before the International Court of Justice

Sudipta Roy Choudhwry  393

16 “Our Heart is Always in Burma”: Rohingya Narratives of Return Amid Ongoing Genocide in Myanmar

Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli, Bayes Ahmed, and Peter Sammonds   415

Part IV Conclusion

17 Conclusion

Palash Kamruzzaman, Nasir Uddin, and Bayes Ahmed  455