John Quigley

The Genocide Convention (eBook, ePUB)

An International Law Analysis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317030720
• Artikelnr.: 44864236

Autorenporträt

Professor Quigley is Presidents' Club Professor of Law at the Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, USA. He is active in international human rights work and his numerous publications include books and articles on human rights, the UN, war and peace, east European law, African law, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Professor Quigley served as an expert witness on the law of genocide in the first criminal prosecution charging genocide as defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Outlawing Genocide: A crime without a name
The contours of genocide
Genocide in crime codes. Calling to Account: Prosecuting under a quasi-genocide statute
Prosecuting without a genocide statute
Prosecuting under a true genocide statute
Prosecuting in international courts
Suing in the world court. Genocide's Legal Environment: Ex post facto genocide
Treaty violation or crime
Genocide in customary law
The UN Security Council and genocide. Genocidal Intent: The acts of genocide
Genocide by killing
Destroying a group
Instant destruction
Intent without intent
The motives for genocide
The intent of others. The Victims of Genocide: The numbers game
Identifying a group
A group in the eye of the beholder
Genocide by mistake. The Scale of Genocide: Retail genocide
Wholesale genocide
Local genocide
Targeting important persons
Targeting political opponents. Techniques of Genocide
Ethnic cleansing and genocidal intent
Ethnic cleansing in the courts
Human habitat
Aerial genocide
Nuclear genocide. Genocide by a State: Opting out
The Convention's curious omission
States as criminals
States as perpetrators of genocide
Other routes to jurisdiction
States as intermeddlers
A legal interest in genocide
Compensation for victims. Why Genocide?: The World Court's power
The need for genocide
The power of domestic courts
The deterrent value of genocide
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.