The article discusses the delayed recognition of crimes against humanity, focusing on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and historical examples. It highlights how the world often fails to act against such atrocities in real-time, citing the genocides of Herero and Nama peoples by German colonists and the Maji Maji uprising. The document emphasizes the erasure of testimonies, like the destruction of the Blue Book, which recorded African perspectives, and the delayed apologies from Germany, underscoring the pattern of neglect towards colonial victims and contemporary injustices.
The world has a dismal record when it comes to recognising and acting against crimes against humanity while they are being committed.
Germany formally recognised the massacre as a genocide and issued an apology only in 2021, a shocking delay in justice.
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