Preventing mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes / Angieszka Bieńczyk-Missala ; translated by Joanna Torzewska and James Richards.
By: Bieńczyk-Missala, Agnieszka [author.]
Contributor(s): Torzewska, Joanna [translator.] | Richards, James [translator.]
Language: English Original language: Polish Series: Studies in politics, security and society: v.42.Publisher: Berlin, Germany ; New York, NY : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783631868102; 3631868103Uniform titles: Zapobieganie masowym naruszeniom praw człowieka. English. Subject(s): Human rights | Atrocities -- Prevention | Human rights advocacyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: LOC classification: JC571 | .B54 2021Online resources: eBooks on EBSCOhost | Full text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view. Summary: The book presents capacity of states and international institutions in preventing mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes. The preventive international instruments, such as early warning, diplomacy, as well as legal, economic and military measures are included. Cases studies involve Chechnya, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire and Libya.Summary: The problem of preventing mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes is one of the key issues in international relations. The book presents the capacity of the international community in the field. The available instruments of early warning, preventive diplomacy as well as legal, economic, and military measures of prevention are included. Cases of Chechnya, Rwanda, Côte d''Ivoire and Libya allowed the analysis of international engagement in typical situations involving mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes related to self-determination, ethnic tensions, power struggles and attempts to overthrow a dictatorship. They show that although the international community has significantly increased its capacity to prevent, it has not created a coherent system of prevention. -- Provided by publisher.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book presents capacity of states and international institutions in preventing mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes. The preventive international instruments, such as early warning, diplomacy, as well as legal, economic and military measures are included. Cases studies involve Chechnya, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire and Libya.
The problem of preventing mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes is one of the key issues in international relations. The book presents the capacity of the international community in the field. The available instruments of early warning, preventive diplomacy as well as legal, economic, and military measures of prevention are included. Cases of Chechnya, Rwanda, Côte d''Ivoire and Libya allowed the analysis of international engagement in typical situations involving mass human-rights violations and atrocity crimes related to self-determination, ethnic tensions, power struggles and attempts to overthrow a dictatorship. They show that although the international community has significantly increased its capacity to prevent, it has not created a coherent system of prevention. -- Provided by publisher.
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