The Genocide Convention. This item is unavailable.The Genocide Convention

Genocide is widely acknowledged as ‘the crime of crimes’. Such universal condemnation understandably triggers both loose talk (calling each and every massacre ‘genocide’) and utter reluctance in political circles to use the ‘G-word’. The social construction of genocide reflects the deeper question whether the rigid legal concept of genocide – as it emerges in the Genocide Convention and has been maintained ever since – still corresponds with the historical and social perception of the phenomenon. This book is the product of an intellectual encounter between scholars of historical and legal disciplines which have joined forces to address this question. The authors are strongly inspired by the idea that the multi-disciplinary research of and education on genocide may contribute to a more appropriate reaction and prevention of genocide.

Harmen G. van der Wilt, Ph.D.(1993) in International Law, is Professor of International Criminal Law at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on extradition, international criminal tribunals and European criminal law.

Jeroen Vervliet studied history and law at the University of Amsterdam and is currently Director of the Peace Palace Library in The Hague.

Göran Sluiter is Professor in the Law of International Criminal Procedure at the University of Amsterdam and lawyer at Böhler Advocaten, Amsterdam.

Johannes Houwink ten Cate, Ph.D. (1995) in history,Utrecht University, is Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on the persecution of the Jews in the occupied Dutch territories.