War crimes

A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversaryStarting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century.

The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, political and legal transformation.

Operation Protective Edge, launched in early July 2014, was the third major Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip in six years.

From videos of rights violations, to satellite images of environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, human rights practitioners have access to more data today than ever before.

Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals "e;disappeared"e;--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War.

The language of international criminal law has considerable traction in global politics, and much of its legitimacy is embedded in apparently 'axiomatic' historical truths.

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This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity.

This book explores the promises and limitations of holding individuals accountable for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

An old manpoet, playwright, essayist, and scholarsiftsthrough the broken fragments of his memory as he recounts what it was like togrow up in Warsaw during the German occupation of World War II.

How can photographers, curators, and editors convey narratives of peace and not just stories of war?

An account of the mass genocide of French Jews under the authority of Alois Bruenner, centering on the plight of two French Jewish families.

In the hills of eastern Bosnia sits the small town of Srebrenica--once known for silver mines and health spas, now infamous for the genocide that occurred there during the Bosnian War.

This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity.

A powerful examination of soulful journeys made to recover memory and recuperate stolen pasts in the face of unspeakable histories.

How can photographers, curators, and editors convey narratives of peace and not just stories of war?

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

This important reference work offers students an accessible overview of the Rwandan Genocide, with more than 100 detailed articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes and 20 key primary source documents.

Despite considerable progress in research and practice in the constructive transformation of intractable conflicts beginning in the 1970s, many terribly destructive conflicts have recently erupted.

International Criminal Procedure: Principles and Rules is a comprehensive study of international criminal proceedings written by over forty leading experts in the field.

En un mundo donde los conflictos bélicos son una noticia cotidiana que genera tensión e incertidumbre, aparejado con el debilitamiento que sufre el pensamiento práctico para distinguir entre una guerra y otros eventos, tales como los delitos internacionales, esta obra desentraña los casos en los que un estado u otro sujeto de derecho internacional público puede declarar una "guerra justa" a otro, a la luz de las reflexiones y los escritos del fraile dominico Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546), considerado por algunos como el padre del derecho internacional.

Über die gewaltigste und opferreichste Konfrontation des Zweiten Weltkriegs: den deutsch-sowjetischen Krieg, 1941-1945.

Marchak departs significantly from mainstream explanations of genocide, rejecting racism as a fundamental cause and disputing a wide range of other explanations that cite racist and religious ideologies, perception of threat, authoritarianism, and unique historical circumstances as primary causes.

A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025From genocidal campaigns to careful neutrality to valiant lifesaving efforts, every country's experience of the Holocaust was different during and immediately following World War II.

A challenging examination of Japanese war crimes during World War II offers a fresh perspective on the Pacific War-and a better understanding of reasons for the wartime use of extreme mass violence.

In this volume, Larry May locates a normative grounding for the crime of aggression.

Uyghurs are descendants of Turkic peoples, currently facing genocide committed against them in their homeland, East Turkistan.

The 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi was the signature moral horror of the late 20th century.

A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning.

International Criminal Procedure: Principles and Rules is a comprehensive study of international criminal proceedings written by over forty leading experts in the field.

As international criminal courts and tribunals have proliferated and international criminal law is increasingly seen as a key tool for bringing the world's worst perpetrators to account, the controversies surrounding the international trials of war criminals have grown.

Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998, international criminal law has rapidly grown in importance.

Judge Mettraux's four-volume compendium, International Crimes: Law and Practice, will provide the most detailed and authoritative account to-date of the law of international crimes.

An eyewitness account of the first major international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg trials, Twilight of Impunity is a gripping guide to the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

The four Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1949, remain the fundamental basis of contemporary international humanitarian law.

Sanctions are a central element of U.

This book celebrates the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School.

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The renowned WWII historian's definitive biography of the notorious German SS officer convicted of war crimes for his role in the Holocaust.

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Established as one of the main sources for the study of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, this volume provides an article-by-article analysis of the Statute; the detailed analysis draws upon relevant case law from the Court itself, as well as from other international and national criminal tribunals, academic commentary, and related instruments such as the Elements of Crimes, the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, and the Relationship Agreement with the United Nations.

This book sets out and analyses the procedural law applied by international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court (ICC).

All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as self-explanatory through its implied storyline of gender and warring.

Today more than ever, international headlines are dominated by dispatches from the many dictatorships that still dot the globe.

This is the first book to examine and compare how rebels govern civilians during civil wars around the globe.

Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023*A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023*Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards*An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war - from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.

In this first collection of interviews since the bestselling 9-11, our foremost intellectual activist examines crucial new questions of U.

Pioneering study of the role of the Christian churches in the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi; a key work for historians, memory studies scholars, religion scholars and Africanists.