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Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention

Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention

John Cooper

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2008
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9780230516915

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This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin’s inauguration of the historical study of past genocides.

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