Editors:
- Provides a venue for focussed discussion on the history and the future of UN responses to genocide
- Examines some of the challenges associated with defining genocide and political contestations surrounding labelling events as ‘genocide’
- Explores the ongoing legacies of responses to genocide for both the UN and the nations themselves
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide (PSHG)
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About this book
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was the first human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations, reflecting the global commitment to 'never again' in the wake of the Holocaust. Seven decades on, The United Nations and Genocide examines how the UN has met, and failed to meet, the commitment to 'prevent and punish' the crime of genocide. It explores why the UN was unable to respond effectively to the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, the Balkans and Darfur, and considers new approaches recently adopted by the UN to address genocide. This volume asks the crucial question: can the UN protect peoples from genocide in the modern world?
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Deborah Mayersen
About the editor
Deborah Mayersen is Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Transformation Research, University of Wollongong, Australia. Deborah's recent publications include On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined (2014) and (co-edited with Annie Pohlman) Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia: Legacies and Prevention (2013).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The United Nations and Genocide
Editors: Deborah Mayersen
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48448-2Published: 30 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69481-5Published: 15 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48449-9Due: 24 February 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-569X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5703
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 262