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Author Heieck, John, author

Title A duty to prevent genocide : due diligence obligations among the P5 / John Heieck
Published Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2018]
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Contents 1. The P5's duty to prevent genocide under the Genocide Convention -- 2. The P5's duty to prevent genocide under customary international law -- 3. The conflict between the P5's duty to prevent genocide and the P5's rights and duties under conventional and customary international law -- 4. Resolving the conflict between the P5's duty to prevent genocide and the P5's rights and duties under conventional and customary law
Summary "This perceptive book analyzes the scope of the duty to prevent genocide of China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US in light of the due diligence standard under conventional, customary, and peremptory international law. It expounds the positive obligations of these five states to act both within and without the Security Council context to prevent or suppress an imminent or ongoing genocide."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on October 16, 2018)
Subject Genocide -- Prevention
Genocide intervention.
Genocide -- Law and legislation.
Responsibility to protect (International law)
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Responsibility to protect (International law)
Genocide -- Prevention.
Genocide intervention.
Genocide -- Law and legislation.
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