Prescott Library: UN Crisis Project (Clark, Lytle, Thomas): Creation of UN Genocide Convention

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Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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This website provides access to United Nations documentation related to the drafting of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The documents are presented in chronological order, arranged according to the various bodies that met to discuss, draft and re-draft the Declaration. There are also brief biographic notes for the members of the Drafting Committee formed by the UN Commission on Human Rights.
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Elements of the Crime of Genocide
UN Documents for Human Rights
The UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

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"A problem from hell" : America and the age of genocide
by Samantha Power. Examines the U.S.'s weak responses to genocides and threats of genocide throughout the twentieth century, discussing the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and other instances and calling for change. Includes a bonus section containing an interview with the author and other writings.
Call Number: 304.663 Pow
Publication Date: 2007
"Complicity with evil" : the United Nations in the age of modern genocide
by Adam LeBor. Explores why the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide, focusing on the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide.
Call Number: 341.23 Leb
Publication Date: 2006
Genocide
by Elizabeth Des Chenes (Editor) A collection of twenty-five articles that address issues related to twentieth-century genocide including examples from Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Call Number: 304.663 Gen
Publication Date: 2007
Genocide : modern crimes against humanity
by Brendan January Explores the process of genocide by examining the genocides of six different groups of people, the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, the Jews of Europe, the Cambodians, the Tutsis of Rwanda, the Muslims of Bosnia, and the Darfur tribes of Sudan, focusing on the human aspects of genocide that are often overlooked.
Call Number: 304.663 Jan
Publication Date: 2006
Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century
by Benjamin A. Valentino The author maintains that a greater threat of genocide originates from smaller groups of powerful leaders and focuses on three types of mass killings in the twentieth century: Communist killings, ethnic genocides, and counter-guerrilla campaigns.
Call Number: 364.151 Val
Publication Date: 2004