Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities

Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities explains the growth of a small body of human rights law that bans the use of violence against a state''s own population when it is deemed a mass atrocity. These laws are binding on all states regardless of whether they have accepted it by signing treaties, or whether it is consistent with widespread state practice. Yet, this challenges the doctrine of conse...