Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Symposium: The United Nations Genocide Convention: A 60th Anniversary Commemoration

The current issue of the Rutgers Law Review (Vol. 61, no. 1, Fall 2008) contains the proceedings of a 2008 symposium on "The United Nations Genocide Convention: A 60th Anniversary Commemoration." Contents include:
  • Alex Hinton & Saul Mendlovitz, Introductory Remarks
  • Juan E. Méndez, Keynote Address
  • Joyce Apsel, On Our Watch: The Genocide Convention and the Deadly, Ongoing Case of Darfur and Sudan
  • Roger S. Clark, State Obligations Under the Genocide Convention in Light of the ICJ's Decision in the Case Concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  • Marcelo Raffin, Metaphysics, Politics, Truth: Genocide Practices as a Way of Deploying the Modern Paradigm
  • Sheri P. Rosenberg, What's Law Got to Do with It?: The Bosnia v. Serbia Decision's Impact on Reconciliation
  • William A. Schabas, Genocide Law in a Time of Transition: Recent Developments in the Law of Genocide