Raphael Lemkin and the struggle for the Genocide Convention

Formative Years in Poland -- Escape from Poland -- Early Years in the United States -- The Publication of His Master Work and the Nuremberg Tribunal -- The United Nations Resolution on Genocide -- 1947, The First Draft of the Convention -- Private Life -- Yale and Geneva -- Paris, Preliminary Discus...

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1. Verfasser: Cooper, John (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke u.a. Palgrave Macmillan 2015
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Zusammenfassung:Formative Years in Poland -- Escape from Poland -- Early Years in the United States -- The Publication of His Master Work and the Nuremberg Tribunal -- The United Nations Resolution on Genocide -- 1947, The First Draft of the Convention -- Private Life -- Yale and Geneva -- Paris, Preliminary Discussion of the Convention -- The First Reading of the Convention -- The Convention is Adopted -- The International Campaign for Ratification of the Convention -- The United States Senate and the Convention -- The Genocide Convention: Its Supporters and Enemies -- The History of Genocide -- The History of Genocide: Case Studies -- Closing Years
This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 327-330. - Register
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Beschreibung:XII, 338 S.
22 cm
ISBN:9781137427373
978-1-137-42737-3
9780230516915
978-0-230-51691-5