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Book SynopsisThe Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948, is one of the most important instruments of contemporary international law. It was drafted in the aftermath of the Nuremberg trial to give flesh and blood to the well-known dictum of the International Military Tribunal, according to which ''Crimes against international law are committed by men, not by abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provisions of international law be enforced''. At Nuremberg, senior state officials who had committed heinous crimes on behalf or with the protection of their state were brought to trial for the first time in history and were held personally accountable regardless of whether they acted in their official capacity. The drafters of the Convention on Genocide crystallized the results of the Nuremberg trial and thus ensured its legacy. The Convention established a mechani
Trade Review...superbly edited and written, offering a comprehensive, between two covers, commentary on the convention and its drawbacks as written...No public library, private collection, or international decision-maker's legal resources would be complete without this comprehensive, but succinct, guidebook on both the historical and contemporary themes which drive the letter and spirit of the UN's Genocide Convention. * ASIL *
Table of ContentsPART I - INTRODUCTION; PART II - THE DEFINITION OF GENOCIDE; PART III - INDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GENOCIDE; PART IV - THE REPRESSION OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE; PART V - ACCOUNTABILITY OF STATES FOR GENOCIDE; PART VI - ENFORCING THE CONVENTION THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS; PART VII - THE MECHANICS OF THE CONVENTION; PART VIII - THE CONVENTION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
