Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, And The Ultimate Crime (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

Payam Akhavan

ISBN 10: 1107480051 / ISBN 13: 9781107480056

Edité par Cambridge University Press 2014-12-11, 2014

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• Titre: Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, And The Ultimate Crime (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press 2014-12-11
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1107480051
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781107480056
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Why is genocide the 'ultimate crime' and does this distinction make any difference in confronting evil?

À propos de l?auteur

Payam Akhavan is Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He was the first Legal Advisor to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda at The Hague (1994–2000) and has served with the United Nations in Cambodia, East Timor and Guatemala. He is also the author of the Report on the Work of the Office of the Special Advisor of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide (2005), has served as Chairman of the Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide (2007) and is Co-Producer of the documentary film 'Genos.Cide: The Great Challenge' (2009).