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The 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“Genocide Convention”) has a special standing in international law, as well as in international politics. For 60 years the crime of genocide has been recognised as the most horrendous crime in international law, famously designated the ‘crime of crimes’. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its adoption the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that ‘genocide is the ultimate form of discrimination’. In the same context the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court described the Genocide Convention as a ‘visionary and founding text for the Court’. The Convention has influenced the subsequent development of many different areas of international law. For example, the 1951 Advisory Opinion on the Genocide Convention enabled the International Court of Justice to shape the modern regime of reservations to treaties. More recently the prohibition against genocide has become a crucial pillar of international criminal law, with genocide being one of the core crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the UN ad hoc tribunals, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the permanent International Criminal Court since the 1990s. In this work the provisions of the Convention are analysed article-by-article, including abundant practice and jurisprudence. Distinct sections on cross-cutting issues of general importance complement the analysis

Genocide (International law) --- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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The twentieth century has been called, not inaccurately, a century of genocide. And the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen little change, with genocidal violence in Darfur, Congo, Sri Lanka, and Syria. Why is genocide so widespread, and so difficult to stop, across societies that differ so much culturally, technologically, and politically? That is the question that this collection addresses, offering a range of perspectives from different disciplines to attempt to understand the pervasiveness of genocidal violence.

Genocide. --- Genocide (International law) --- Cleansing, Ethnic --- Ethnic cleansing --- Ethnic purification --- Ethnocide --- Purification, Ethnic --- International criminal law --- Crime --- Genocide

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When and how might the term genocide appropriately be ascribed to the experience of North American Indigenous nations under settler colonialism? Laurelyn Whitt and Alan W. Clarke contend that, if certain events which occurred during the colonization of North America were to take place today, they could be prosecuted as genocide. The legal methodology that the authors develop to establish this draws upon the definition of genocide as presented in the United Nations Genocide Convention and enhanced by subsequent decisions in international legal fora. Focusing on early British colonization, the authors apply this methodology to two historical cases: that of the Beothuk Nation from 1500-1830, and of the Powhatan Tsenacommacah from 1607-77. North American Genocides concludes with a critique of the Conventional account of genocide, suggesting how it might evolve beyond its limitations to embrace the role of cultural destruction in undermining the viability of human groups.

Genocide (International law) --- Genocide --- Indians of North America --- Cleansing, Ethnic --- Ethnic cleansing --- Ethnic purification --- Ethnocide --- Purification, Ethnic --- Crime --- International criminal law --- History. --- Crimes against.

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This work examines the background of the Holocaust and genocide through the prism of the law; the criminal and civil prosecution of the Nazis and their collaborators for Holocaust-era crimes; and contemporary attempts to criminally prosecute perpetrators for the crime of genocide. It provides the history of the Holocaust as a legal event, and sets out how genocide has become known as the 'crime of crimes' under both international law and in popular discourse.

Genocide (International law) --- International criminal law. --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Influence. --- Law and legislation. --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Criminal law --- International law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- International criminal law

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Theme1: Droit - Droit international et étranger - Droit étranger Theme2: Résumé: Quelle est la conception de la justice pénale véhiculée dans cette "mondialisation" du droit pénal, modèle sur lequel se cristallisent les espoirs, aussi nombreux que différents ? Devant les meurtres collectifs, matérialisation de l'abolition du principe de la limite, quelles sont les réponses de la justice pénale internationale ? Cet ouvrage propose une nouvelle lecture des crimes contre l'humanité et des génocides. L'analyse criminologique des pratiques meurtrières révèle non seulement la manipulation des tabous du meurtre, de l'inceste et du cannibalisme mais également un agir génocidaire qui remet en question les fondements de la normativité des communautés humaines sur des valeurs éthiques. Face aux dits et non-dits des meurtres collectifs, la justice pénale internationale reproduit une rationalité imperméable à l'abolition du principe même de limites et de perpétuation des sociétés. Cet essai est une invitation à penser d'autres espaces de justice pouvant considérer d'une part les visions endogènes d'une justice territorialisée et d'autre part l'effondrement d'une perception de l'Humanité dévoilés par les meurtres collectifs et politiques. Maître de conférences à l'Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, enseignant également au Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Juridique de Paris (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), professeure invitée à l'école de criminologie de l'Université de Lubumbashi en République Démocratique du Congo depuis 2006, Sara Liwerant est actuellement conseillère du Ministre de la Justice et des Droits Humains de la République Démocratique du Congo. Pénaliste, criminologue et anthropologue du droit et de la justice, elle a été rédactrice en chef de la Revue Droit et Cultures. Ses nombreuses publications portent sur les meurtres collectifs, la justice pénale internationale et le milieu carcéral. En effet, l'auteure a travaillé dans les prisons françaises, au Pérou sur la justice transitionnelle et à Brazzaville avec des acteurs de la guerre civile.

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