Book

Commentaire

The UN Genocide Convention : a commentary

ed. by Paola Gaeta

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009

XXXIV, 580 p. ; 24 cm

978-0-19-957021-8

English

Index

This book is a Commentary on the Genocide Convention. It analyses and interprets the Convention thematically, thoroughly covering every article, drawing on the Convention's travaux préparatoires and subsequent developments in international law. The most complex and important provisions of the Convention, including the definitions of genocide and genocidal acts, have more than one contribution dedicated to them, allowing the Commentary to explore all aspects of these concepts. The Commentary also goes beyond the explicit provisions of the Convention to discuss topics such as the retroactive application of the Convention, its status in customary international law and its future.

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