The Genocide Convention: An International Law Analysis

Contents......Page 6
Table of Cases......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
List of Abbreviations......Page 17
PART ONE: OUTLAWING GENOCIDE......Page 20
1 A Crime Without a Name......Page 22
2 The Contours of Genocide......Page 28
3 Genocide in Crime Codes......Page 34
PART TWO: CALLING TO ACCOUNT......Page 40
4 Prosecuting Under a Quasi-genocide Statute......Page 42
5 Prosecuting Without a Genocide Statute......Page 46
6 Prosecuting Under a True Genocide Statute......Page 57
7 Prosecuting in International Courts......Page 69
8 Suing in the World Court......Page 75
PART THREE: GENOCIDE’S LEGAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 80
9 Ex Post Facto Genocide......Page 82
10 Treaty Violation or Crime......Page 92
11 Genocide in Customary Law......Page 99
12 The UN Security Council and Genocide......Page 104
PART FOUR: GENOCIDAL INTENT......Page 107
13 The Acts of Genocide......Page 109
14 Genocide by Killing......Page 113
15 Destroying a Group......Page 120
16 Instant Destruction......Page 125
17 Intent Without Intent......Page 130
18 The Motives for Genocide......Page 139
19 The Intent of Others......Page 149
PART FIVE: THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE......Page 156
20 The Numbers Game......Page 158
21 Identifying a Group......Page 165
22 A Group in the Eye of the Beholder......Page 172
23 Genocide by Mistake......Page 176
PART SIX: THE SCALE OF GENOCIDE......Page 181
24 Retail Genocide......Page 183
25 Wholesale Genocide......Page 190
26 Local Genocide......Page 194
27 Targeting Important Persons......Page 200
28 Targeting Political Opponents......Page 205
PART SEVEN: TECHNIQUES OF GENOCIDE......Page 208
29 Ethnic Cleansing and Genocidal Intent......Page 210
30 Ethnic Cleansing in the Courts......Page 215
31 Human Habitat......Page 221
32 Aerial Genocide......Page 224
33 Nuclear Genocide......Page 230
PART EIGHT: GENOCIDE BY A STATE......Page 234
34 Opting Out......Page 236
35 The Convention’s Curious Omission......Page 241
36 States as Criminals......Page 246
37 States as Perpetrators of Genocide......Page 253
38 Other Routes to Jurisdiction......Page 259
39 States as Intermeddlers......Page 265
40 A Legal Interest in Genocide......Page 272
41 Compensation for Victims......Page 279
PART NINE: WHY GENOCIDE?......Page 284
42 The World Court’s Power......Page 286
43 The Need for Genocide......Page 290
44 The Power of Domestic Courts......Page 294
45 The Deterrent Value of Genocide......Page 300
Appendix......Page 304
Bibliography......Page 310
G......Page 318
N......Page 319
Y......Page 320