Atrocity Labelling: From Crimes Against Humanity to Genocide Studies - Hardcover

Beham, Markus P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0755617533 ISBN 13: 9780755617531

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

Atrocity. Genocide. War crime. Crime Against Humanity. Such atrocity labels have been popularized among international lawmakers but with little insight offered into how and when these terms are applied and to what effect. What constitutes an event to be termed a genocide or war crime and what role does this play in the application of legal proceedings? Markus P. Beham, through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, unpicks these terms to uncover their historical genesis and their implications for international criminal law initiatives concerned with atrocity. The book uniquely compares four specific case studies: Belgian colonial exploitation of the Congo, atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama in German South-West Africa, the Armenian genocide and the man-made Ukrainian famine of the 1930s. Encompassing international law, legal history, and discourse analysis, the concept of ‘atrocity labelling’ is used to capture the meaning underlying the work of international lawyers and prosecutors, historians and sociologists, agenda setters and policy makers.

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About the Author

Markus P. Beham is Assistant Professor at the University of Passau in Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755617533
• ISBN 13: 9780755617531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214