Weiss-Wendt, Anton, 1973-

The Soviet Union and the gutting of the UN Genocide ConventionAnton Weiss-Wendt. - Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - Critical human rights .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Class Struggle for the Substance and Meaning of International Law; 2. Defensive Self-Righteousness in Soviet Diplomatic Practice; 3. Net to Codification of International Law; 4. The UN Secretariat Draft Genocide Convention; 5. Key Soviet Documents on Genocide Analyzed; 6. Negotiating the Provisions of the Draft Genocide Convention; 7. A Pyrrhic Victory on the Genocide Convention; 8. Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 9. The Forced Transfer of Children Clause, or the Balkan Gambit 10. The Morning After: US Ratification Put on Hold 11. Raphael Lemkin and the Émigré Anticommunist Front; 12. Communism=Stalinism=Nazism=Genocide; 13. Subversion Alleged: Draft Covenant on Human Rights and Draft Code of Offenses against the Peace and Security of Mankind; 14. The UN Investigation of Forced Labor, 1948-1954; 15. The Making of Genocide in the Korean War; 16. Racial Discrimination in the United States: We Charge Genocide; 17. Race Relations in America and the Soviet Peace Offensive; 18. Thou Shalt Not Indict: The Status Quo on Genocide by the Early 1950s; Conclusion; Notes



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United Nations.


Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948 December 9)


Genocide intervention--Political aspects.
Genocide--Prevention--International cooperation.
Genocide (International law)


Electronic Books.

HV6322 / .S685 2017