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Dr. Rosa Freedman presents a case study on the U.N.'s failure to prevent large-scale human rights abuses in the last weeks of the Sri Lankan Civil War. She describes the unheeded early warnings, government obstruction, and U.N. politicization that contributed to the deaths of 20,000 people.
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Chapter 1: Slaughter of Tamils in 2009 and U.N. Response
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Chapter 2: Background to the Conflict
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Chapter 3: The Gravest Human Rights Abuses
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Chapter 4: UN Failings: How?
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Chapter 5: UN Failings: Why?
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Chapter 6: Conclusion
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