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  • Prevention of Genocide

    Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia) Embracing mainstream international law, this section on application of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia) explores the […]

  • Prevention of Genocide

    Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia) Embracing mainstream international law, this section on application of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia) explores the […]

  • Convention on the Prevention And Punishment Of the Crime Of Genocide

    Human Rights Conventions: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GenocideFurther ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United […]

  • Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide

    Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocid   Article 1. The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish. Art. 2. In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts…

  • Genocide

    Genocide as an U.S. State Statute Topic This term is one of the topics in some U.S. State Statutes. Other topics of the World Encyclopedia of Law which are topics of some State Statures are: Licensed Public Accountants (State statute topic) Guardians Ad Litem (State statute topic) […]

  • Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

    Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Details of the Encyclopedia Editor: Dinah L. Shelton, editor in chief. Published: Detroit : Macmillan Reference Date of Publication: c2005. Contents of the Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Entries Starting by A in the Encyclopedia Advertising African Americans African Crisis Response Initiative Aggression Algeria Alien Tort…

  • Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

    Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Details of the Encyclopedia Editor: Dinah L. Shelton, editor in chief. Published: Detroit : Macmillan Reference Date of Publication: c2005. Contents of the Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Entries Starting by A in the Encyclopedia Advertising African Americans African Crisis Response Initiative Aggression Algeria Alien Tort…

  • Genocide Definition

    Introduction to Genocide DefinitionGenocide, crime of destroying or conspiring to destroy a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, or religious identity. Raphael Lemkin, a Polish legal scholar, coined the term in 1944 to describe Nazi Germany's annihilation of groups…

  • Conflict Avoidance Protection

    Conflict Avoidance: Responsibility to Protect in 2013 (Continuation) United States views on international law [1] in relation to Conflict Avoidance: Responsibility to Protect: In the area of prevention there is much we can do. To offer some examples, we can prioritize atrocity prevention […]

  • United Nations System Part 2

    United Nations System Part 2   8 Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation, May 2009. • UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Eritrea, April 2009. • The 2009 Report of the Secretary-General on the efforts of the United Nations System to prevent genocide and the…

  • International Criminal Court Part 19

    International Criminal Court Part 19   373 Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? The International Criminal Court as a Weapon of Asymmetric Warfare W. Chadwick Austin, Antony Barone Kolenc Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Volume 39, Number 2, March 2006 p.291 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 374 The Challenge of a Global Standard of…

  • International Criminal Court Part 11

    International Criminal Court Part 11   201 ‘Amended Most Serious Crimes’: A New Category of Core Crimes within the Jurisdiction but out of the Reach of the International Criminal Court ? Astrid Reisinger Coracini Leiden Journal of International Law Volume 21, Number 3, September 2008 p.699 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 202 Showing Its Teeth:…

  • Bills unenacted

    Bills unenacted Here the Encyclopedy address the notability of Bills that are introduced, but not yet enacted. The vast majority of such bills die without becoming law. They’re usually newsworthy but they may be not particularly notable. But some proposed legislation may be notable regardless of whether it becomes law. For example: As constitutional amendments,…

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]