The Genocide Convention: An International Law AnalysisThe Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyzes the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility of genocide as a legal concept. |
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... offenses as follows: “attacks on humanity that might be perpetrated in a country under the influence of race hatred.”4 The Spanish jurist Quintiliano Saldaña suggested an internationally defined offense for “acts of savagery, such as ...
... offenses as follows: “attacks on humanity that might be perpetrated in a country under the influence of race hatred.”4 The Spanish jurist Quintiliano Saldaña suggested an internationally defined offense for “acts of savagery, such as ...
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... offenses or devising any international jurisdiction. Inroads were made, however, during the inter-war years on the domestic ... Offense of Genocide The mass killing by the Third Reich served as a catalyst to defining a crime to deal with ...
... offenses or devising any international jurisdiction. Inroads were made, however, during the inter-war years on the domestic ... Offense of Genocide The mass killing by the Third Reich served as a catalyst to defining a crime to deal with ...
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... offense. However, the inspiration for the concept is reflected in Lemkin's analysis. In August 1945, the World War II Allies decided to hold high Nazi figures accountable through criminal trials. To their written agreement to do so ...
... offense. However, the inspiration for the concept is reflected in Lemkin's analysis. In August 1945, the World War II Allies decided to hold high Nazi figures accountable through criminal trials. To their written agreement to do so ...
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... offense of genocide.10 Although no one was prosecuted in the post-World War II trials in Germany or Japan for an offense denominated as genocide, the term “genocide” was by then current. When commanders of the killing squads, called ...
... offense of genocide.10 Although no one was prosecuted in the post-World War II trials in Germany or Japan for an offense denominated as genocide, the term “genocide” was by then current. When commanders of the killing squads, called ...
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... offenses by the element of intent. For genocide, victimization of human beings is a necessary, but not the sole element. Acts directed against human beings must be committed with an intent to destroy a group to which the immediate ...
... offenses by the element of intent. For genocide, victimization of human beings is a necessary, but not the sole element. Acts directed against human beings must be committed with an intent to destroy a group to which the immediate ...
Contents
Calling to Account | 21 |
GenocideS Legal Environment | 61 |
Genocidal Intent | 88 |
The Victims of Genocide | 137 |
The Scale of Genocide | 162 |
Techniques of Genocide | 189 |
Genocide by a State | 215 |
Why Genocide? | 265 |
Appendix | 285 |
Bibliography | 291 |
Index | 299 |
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