Genocide and Restitution

Ensuring Each Group's Contribution to Humanity

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ID12199727
AuthorsAna Filipa Vrdoljak (0000-0002-9723-4414, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume22
Issue1
Pages17-47
Publication date2011-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0938-5428 • E-ISSN: 1464-3596
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ejil/chr003
OpenAlexW2019589905
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The protection of minorities in modern international law is intimately connected with and fuelled the recognition of the crimes of persecution and genocide. Minority protection represented the proactive component of the international efforts to ensure the contribution of certain groups to the cultural heritage of humankind. Prohibition and prosecution of persecution and genocide represented the reactive element of these same efforts. The restitution of cultural property to persecuted groups by the international community was recognition that their ownership and control of these physical manifestations was necessary for the realization of this purpose. In this article, I consider the emergence, contraction, and revival of the interconnection between minority protection, the prevention and punishment of genocide, and the protection and restitution of cultural heritage over the last century-long development of international law. It is argued that the central aim driving and interweaving these initiatives is the effort to ensure the continuing contribution of each group to the cultural heritage of all humanity

Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Genocide · Humanity · International law · Political science · Restitution · Sociology · War crime · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law

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