LEADER 02748nam 2200481 450 001 9910795929503321 005 20230809224924.0 010 $a0-299-31293-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000001417607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4894941 035 $a(OCoLC)992788677 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57300 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001417607 100 $a20170725h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Soviet Union and the gutting of the UN Genocide Convention /$fAnton Weiss-Wendt 210 1$aMadison, Wisconsin :$cThe University of Wisconsin Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) 225 1 $aCritical Human Rights 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-299-31290-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aAfter the staggering horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations resolved to prevent and punish the crime of genocide throughout the world. The resulting UN Genocide Convention treaty, however, was drafted, contested, and weakened in the midst of Cold War tensions and ideological struggles between the Soviet Union and the West. Based on extensive archival research, Anton Weiss-Wendt reveals in detail how the political aims of the superpowers rendered the convention a weak instrument for addressing abuses against human rights. The Kremlin viewed the genocide treaty as a political document and feared repercussions. What the Soviets wanted most was to keep the subjugation of Eastern Europe and the vast system of forced labor camps out of the genocide discourse. The American Bar Association and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, in turn, worried that the Convention contained vague formulations that could be used against the United States, especially in relation to the plight of African Americans. Sidelined in the heated discussions, Weiss-Wendt shows, were humanitarian concerns for preventing future genocides.--publisher. 410 0$aCritical human rights. 606 $aGenocide intervention$xPolitical aspects 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$y1945-1991 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 615 0$aGenocide intervention$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a345/.0251 700 $aWeiss-Wendt$b Anton$f1973-$0790347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795929503321 996 $aSoviet Union and the gutting of the UN Genocide Convention$91764502 997 $aUNINA