THE UN GENOCIDE CONVENTION by Paola Gaeta (Editor) ( 9780199570218 )

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Title:

THE UN GENOCIDE CONVENTION
A COMMENTARY

By:

Paola Gaeta (Editor)

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

15 October, 2009

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Oxford Commentaries on International Law

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616

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The 1948 Genocide Convention is one of the most important instruments in international law. This Commentary provides a comprehensive analysis of each article of the Convention, taking a thematic approach. It also examines the Convention's legacy and future, drawing on its preparatory works and the development of international case law on genocide.

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The Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948, is one of the most important instruments of contemporary international law. It was drafted in the aftermath of the Nuremberg trial to give flesh and blood to the well-known dictum of the International Military Tribunal, according to which 'Crimes against international law are committed by men, not by abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provisions of international law be enforced'. At Nuremberg, senior state officials who had committed heinous crimes on behalf or with the protection of their state were brought to trial for the first time in history and were held personally accountable regardless of whether they acted in their official capacity. The drafters of the Convention on Genocide crystallized the results of the Nuremberg trial and thus ensured its legacy. The Convention established a mechanism to hold t

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