So, Tibby, we’ve spent the last few episodes laying the groundwork for understanding the evolution of human rights in theory and law. I feel like today we’re going to undo that. 

Oh yeah? Why’s that?

To me, how we conceptualize human rights and what’s found in the law typically align. I don’t think there’s a lot that would leave you thinking about there being a significant difference. 

And that’s not the case with genocide? 

That’s a great question. We all have an idea of what constitutes genocide, and the “G” word gets thrown around a lot, but what we think of as genocide and what scholars think about that is quite a bit different, and then when we read the law, it’s different from even that. 

So maybe we should take a step back and talk about the history of genocide as a concept, how that evolved into law, and why those don’t necessarily match up when we think about genocide.