The United Nations and Genocide
Editors: Mayersen, Deborah (Ed.)
- 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
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- About this book
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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?
- About the authors
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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
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The United Nations and Genocide
- Editors
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- Deborah Mayersen
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-48448-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-69481-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 262
- Topics
