Genocide at 70
A reflection on its origins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12188946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philippe Sands (Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts at Tribunals the University College London, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 167-172 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0924-0519 • E-ISSN: 2214-7357 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051918784983 |
| OpenAlex | W2811330241 |
| Language | EN |
On the anniversary of the Genocide Convention, it is useful that we look back at the history of the crime of genocide, its relationship with crimes against humanity and that we reflect on its relevance today.1 Over the last nine years, I have spent a significant amount of time grappling with these questions, whilst writing East West Street.2 The book is about the lives of individuals seeking to understand how their particular circumstances contributed to the roads they took and how the roads thus travelled changed the system of international law. Underneath this lurks a bigger question, a central question of identity: who are we? Are we individuals or members of a group? And how do we wish the law to protect us, as individuals or as members of a group
Aesthetics · Art · Convention · Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Genocide · Humanity · Identity (music · International law · Political science · Relevance (law · Sociology · The Holocaust · War crime · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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