All genocides feature upstanders, demonstrating that even amid the worst of humanity we also always see the best. Professor Kaufman will present an original—and the most comprehensive—typology of genocide upstanders. Introducing much greater nuance into this broad classification of genocide actors, Professor Kaufman’s typology includes novel nomenclature and historical illustrations from both the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda of each of his types of genocide upstander. Given that genocides continue to rage throughout the world, Professor Kaufman’s typology provides more detailed conceptual labels for better understanding genocide upstanderism and for developing legal and policy prescriptions to prevent and stop genocide.
Image | Illustrated Portraits of Victorian Righteous, Benk, 2023
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J.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Law and Director of the Initiative on International Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He previously was a Senior Fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and taught at Stanford Law School and Yale University Department of Political Science. A Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Professor Kaufman has served in all three branches of the U.S. government (including at the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the U.S. Departments of Justice and State) and at three international courts (the International Criminal Court and the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the Former Yugoslavia).
Professor Kaufman earned his J.D. at Yale Law School (where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review), his D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in International Relations at the University of Oxford (where he was a Marshall Scholar), and his B.A. in Political Science at Yale University (where he was the student body president and co-captain of the wrestling team). He is currently working on his fourth book and has published more than 45 articles, essays, and book chapters.
