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Genocide since 1945 /

In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill's words, been a ""crime without a name"", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has rec...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Spencer, Philip (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : Routledge, 2012.
Collection:Making of the contemporary world.
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Résumé:In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill's words, been a ""crime without a name"", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly. Millions of people have been murdered by sovereign nation states, confident in their ability to act with impunity within their own borders. Tracing the history of genocide since 1945, and looking at a number of cases across continents and decades, this book discusses a range of critical and inter.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (177 pages)
ISBN:1280874279
9781280874277
9780415606349
0415606349
9780203115046
020311504X
9781136293689
113629368X
9786613715586
6613715581
1136293671
9781136293672