The Prevention of Cultural Genocide and the International Protection of National Minorities

Abstract

The Genocide Convention of 1948 is a complex inernational treaty addressing important issues of international criminal law and international human rights law. Moreover, from a historical perspective, there is no dispute that the prevention of genocide is also a crucial instrument of international minority protection.

Keywords

• Genocide Convention
• international law
• international criminal law
• international human rights law
• human rights
• international minority