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Lemkin on Genocide

Author : Steven Leonard Jacobs
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780739145289

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Lemkin on Genocide by Steven Leonard Jacobs Pdf

Providing an annotated commentary on two unpublished manuscripts written by international law and genocide scholar Raphael Lemkin, Steven L. Jacobs offers a critical introduction to the father of genocide studies. Lemkin coined the term "genocide" and was the motivating force behind the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. The materials collected here give readers further insight into this singularly courageous man and the issue which consumed him in the aftermath of the Second World War. It is a welcome addition to the library of genocide and Holocaust Studies scholars and students alike.

Totally Unofficial

Author : Dan Eshet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
ISBN : 0979844002

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Totally Unofficial by Dan Eshet Pdf

This case study highlighting the story of Raphael Lemkin challenges everyone to think deeply about what it will take for individuals, groups, and nations to take up Lemkin's challenge. To make this material accessible for classrooms, this resource includes several components: an introduction by Genocide scholar Omer Bartov; a historical case study on Lemkin and his legacy; questions for student reflection; suggested resources; a series of lesson plans using the case study; and a selection of primary source documents. Born in 1900, Raphael Lemkin, devoted most of his life to a single goal: making the world understand and recognize a crime so horrific that there was not even a word for it. Lemkin took a step toward his goal in 1944 when he coined the word "genocide" which means the destruction of a nation or an ethnic group. He said he had created the word by combining the ancient Greek word "genos" (race, tribe) and the Latin "cide" (killing). In 1948, three years after the concentration camps of World War ii had been closed forever, the newly formed United Nations used this new word in a treaty that was intended to prevent any future genocides. Lemkin died a decade later. He had lived long enough to see his word widely accepted and also to see the United Nations treaty, called the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by many nations. But, sadly, recent history reminds everyone that laws and treaties are not enough to prevent genocide. Individual sections contain footnotes.

Raphael Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide

Author : Douglas Irvin-Erickson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812248647

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Raphael Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide by Douglas Irvin-Erickson Pdf

Raphaël Lemkin was one of the twentieth century's most influential human rights figures, coining the word "genocide" in 1942 and working to embed the idea into international law. This book sheds new light on the concept of genocide, exploring the connection between Lemkin's philosophical writings, juridical works, and politics.

The Origins of Genocide

Author : Dominik J. Schaller,Jürgen Zimmerer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317990420

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The Origins of Genocide by Dominik J. Schaller,Jürgen Zimmerer Pdf

This year the United Nations celebrated the 'Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide', adopted in December 1948. It is time to recognize the man behind this landmark in international law. At the beginning were a few words: "New conceptions require new terms. By ‘genocide’ we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group". Rarely in history have paradigmatic changes in scholarship been brought about with such few words. Putting the quintessential crime of modernity in only one sentence, Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959), the Polish Jewish specialist in international law, not only summarized the horrors of the National Socialist Crimes, which were still underway, when he coined the term "genocide" in 1944, but also influenced international law. As the founding figure of the UN Genocide Convention Lemkin is finally getting the respect he deserves. Less known is his contribution to historical scholarship on genocide. Until his death, Lemkin was working on a broad study on genocides in the history of humankind. Unfortunately, he did not manage to publish it. The contributions in this book offer for the first time a critical assessment not only of his influence on international law but also on historical analysis of mass murders, showing the close connection between both. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.

Lemkin on Genocide

Author : Raphael Lemkin
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739145265

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Lemkin on Genocide by Raphael Lemkin Pdf

Providing an annotated commentary on two unpublished manuscripts written by international law and genocide scholar Raphael Lemkin, Steven L. Jacobs offers a critical introduction to the father of genocide studies. Lemkin coined the term "genocide" and was the motivating force behind the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. The materials collected here give readers further insight into this singularly courageous man and the issue which consumed him in the aftermath of the Second World War. It is a welcome addition to the library of genocide and Holocaust Studies scholars and students alike.

The Origins of Genocide

Author : Dominik J. Schaller,Jürgen Zimmerer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317990413

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The Origins of Genocide by Dominik J. Schaller,Jürgen Zimmerer Pdf

This year the United Nations celebrated the 'Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide', adopted in December 1948. It is time to recognize the man behind this landmark in international law. At the beginning were a few words: "New conceptions require new terms. By ‘genocide’ we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group". Rarely in history have paradigmatic changes in scholarship been brought about with such few words. Putting the quintessential crime of modernity in only one sentence, Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959), the Polish Jewish specialist in international law, not only summarized the horrors of the National Socialist Crimes, which were still underway, when he coined the term "genocide" in 1944, but also influenced international law. As the founding figure of the UN Genocide Convention Lemkin is finally getting the respect he deserves. Less known is his contribution to historical scholarship on genocide. Until his death, Lemkin was working on a broad study on genocides in the history of humankind. Unfortunately, he did not manage to publish it. The contributions in this book offer for the first time a critical assessment not only of his influence on international law but also on historical analysis of mass murders, showing the close connection between both. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.

Totally Unofficial

Author : Raphael Lemkin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300186963

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Totally Unofficial by Raphael Lemkin Pdf

Presents the never-before-published autobiography of Raphael Lemkin, who immigrated to the U.S. during World War II and made it his life's work to fight genocide, a term he coined, with the might of the U.N. Genocide Convention.

Axis Rule in Occupied Europe

Author : Raphael Lemkin
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584775768

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Axis Rule in Occupied Europe by Raphael Lemkin Pdf

"In this study Polish emigre Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) coined the term 'genocide' and defined it as a subject of international law"--Provided by publisher.

Totally Unofficial

Author : Facing History and Ourselves
Publisher : Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0983787026

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Totally Unofficial by Facing History and Ourselves Pdf

Facing History and Ourselves introduces its first book in the Making History Series. Created for classroom use, this groundbreaking volume highlights the story of Raphael Lemkin, a lawyer of Polish-Jewish decent who, driven by a sense of moral duty and outraged by injustice, helped to facilitate the establishment of the Genocide Convention, and set out guidelines for the international prevention and punishment for the crime of genocide. After studying the massacres of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Lemkin struggled to find a way to use the law to prevent collective violence. To support his legal arguments, Lemkin coined the word 'genocide' in 1943. How did a new word change the way that people thought about a problem? Totally Unofficial explores the spectacular history of one man's work, and an international community's need to continue in his footsteps.

Elements of Genocide

Author : Paul Behrens,Ralph Henham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136168550

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Elements of Genocide by Paul Behrens,Ralph Henham Pdf

Elements of Genocide provides an authoritative evaluation of the current perception of the crime, as it appears in the decisions of judicial authorities, the writings of the foremost academic experts in the field, and in the texts of Commission Reports. Genocide constitutes one of the most significant problems in contemporary international law. Within the last fifteen years, the world has witnessed genocidal conduct in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the debate on the commission of genocide in Darfur and the DR Congo is ongoing. Within the same period, the prosecution of suspected génocidaires has taken place in international tribunals, internationalised tribunals and domestic courts; and the names of Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic and Saddam Hussein feature among those against whom charges of genocide were brought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary examination of the existing case law on genocide in international and domestic courts, Elements of Genocide comprehensive and accessible reflection on the crime of genocide, and its inherent complexities.

Empire, Colony, Genocide

Author : A. Dirk Moses
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782382140

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Empire, Colony, Genocide by A. Dirk Moses Pdf

In 1944, Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” to describe a foreign occupation that destroyed or permanently crippled a subject population. In this tradition, Empire, Colony, Genocide embeds genocide in the epochal geopolitical transformations of the past 500 years: the European colonization of the globe, the rise and fall of the continental land empires, violent decolonization, and the formation of nation states. It thereby challenges the customary focus on twentieth-century mass crimes and shows that genocide and “ethnic cleansing” have been intrinsic to imperial expansion. The complexity of the colonial encounter is reflected in the contrast between the insurgent identities and genocidal strategies that subaltern peoples sometimes developed to expel the occupiers, and those local elites and creole groups that the occupiers sought to co-opt. Presenting case studies on the Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia, the Ottoman Empire, Imperial Russia, and the Nazi “Third Reich,” leading authorities examine the colonial dimension of the genocide concept as well as the imperial systems and discourses that enabled conquest. Empire, Colony, Genocide is a world history of genocide that highlights what Lemkin called “the role of the human group and its tribulations.”

Raphael Lemkin and his struggle for the recognition of genocide by international law

Author : Esmir Music
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783668399907

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Raphael Lemkin and his struggle for the recognition of genocide by international law by Esmir Music Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: 10, İzmir University of Economics, course: Contemporary Debates in Global Politics, language: English, abstract: This work provides details about Raphael Lemkin, who struggled a lot in order to make a crime against humanity punishable and recognizable under term of ''genocide''. Today, we frequently hear the word ''genocide'', but unfortunately we have no idea about the man who coined the term. More precisely, the purpose of this piece is to introduce you to the man named Raphael Lemkin and his efforts to contribute to the prevention of the worst crime against humanity. The paper provides answers on the questions about Lemkin's motivation and definition of the term ''genocide''. Additionally, the paper discusses Lemkin's influence on the adoption and the ratification of the Genocide Convention by the United Nations.

"A ""A Problem From Hell""

Author : Samantha Power
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465050895

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"A ""A Problem From Hell"" by Samantha Power Pdf

A character-driven study of some of the darkest moments in our national history, when America failed to prevent or stop 20th-century campaigns to exterminate Armenians, Jews, Cambodians, Iraqi Kurds, Bosnians, and Rwandans.

What is Genocide?

Author : Martin Shaw
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745657516

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What is Genocide? by Martin Shaw Pdf

In this intellectually and politically potent new book, Martin Shaw proposes a way through the confusion surrounding the idea of genocide. He considers the origins and development of the concept and its relationships to other forms of political violence. Offering a radical critique of the existing literature on genocide, Shaw argues that what distinguishes genocide from more legitimate warfare is that the enemies targeted are groups and individuals of a civilian character. He vividly illustrates his argument from a wide range of historical episodes, and shows how the question 'What is genocide?' matters politically whenever populations are threatened by violence. This compelling book will undoubtedly open up vigorous debate, appealing to students and scholars across the social sciences and in law. Shaw's arguments will be of lasting importance.

If the Whole Body Dies

Author : Robert Skloot
Publisher : UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015066816573

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If the Whole Body Dies by Robert Skloot Pdf

" ... explores the life and career of Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959). Lemkin's obsession with stopping genocide (a word he coined) led to the adoption of the U.N. Treaty Against Genocide. By turns funny and sad, the one-act play will stimulate discussions--in classrooms, at conferences, and with religious groups-about historical genocide and Lemkin's unfinished mission. Included is the original text of the Treaty Against Genocide"--Publisher's website.