Ethnic cleansing : a legal qualification / Clotilde Pegorier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pégorier, Clotilde, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population transfers.

Genocide.

International crimes--Classification.

International crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book confronts the problem of the legal uncertainty surrounding the definition and classification of ethnic cleansing, exploring whether the use of the term ethnic cleansing constitutes a valuable contribution to legal understanding and praxis. The premise underlying this book is that acts of ethnic cleansing are, first and foremost, a criminal issue and must therefore be precisely placed within the context of the international law order. In particular, it addresses the question of the specificity of the act and its relation to existing categories of international crime, exploring the

Contents:

Introduction : the origins of ethnic cleansing and its emergence in law

Ethnic cleansing as a legal notion in public international law

Ethnic cleansing and international humanitarian law

Ethnic cleansing and the law of genocide

Ethnic cleansing and the law of crimes against humanity

Conclusion : ethnic cleansing as an independent international crime.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-138-93008-3

1-134-06790-9

0-203-52277-X

1-299-46935-3

1-134-06783-6

9780203522776

OCLC:

846944497