The Kosovo tragedy : the human rights dimensions / editor, Ken Booth.

"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of the International journal of human rights, Vol. 4, nos. 3/4 (Autumn/Winter, 2000)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : still waiting for the reckoning / Ken Booth -- Genocide : knowing what it is that we want to remember, or forget, or forgive / Tim Dunne and Daniela Kroslak -- The history and politics of ethnic cleansing / Carrie Booth Walling -- Rape in war : lessons of the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s / Caroline Kennedy-Pipe and Penny Stanley -- Warnings from Bosnia : the Dayton Agreement and the implementation of human rights / Marianne Hanson -- Human wrongs in Kosovo, 1974-99 / Alex J. Bellamy -- OSCE verification experiences in Kosovo : November 1998-June 1999 / William G. Walker -- Reflections on the legality and legitimacy of NATO's intervention in Kosovo / Nicholas J. Wheeler -- The Kosovo refugee crisis : NATO's humanitarianism versus human rights / Jim Whitman -- International humanitarian law and the Kosovo Crisis / Hilaire McCoubrey -- The Kosovo indictment of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia / Marc Weller -- From Rambouillet to the Kosovo Accords : NATO's war against Serbia and its aftermath / Eric Herring -- The ambiguities of elections in Kosovo : democratisation versus human rights? / Ian R. Mitchell -- 'Post-conflict' Kosovo : an anatomy lesson in the ethics/politics of human rights / Jasmina Husanovi -- A qualified defence of the use of force for 'humanitarian' reasons / Chris Brown -- Can there be such a thing as a just war? / Melanie McDonagh -- The 1999 Kosovo War through a South African lens / John Stremlau -- No good deed shall go unpunished / Colin S. Gray -- Air power and the liberal politics of war / Tarak Barkawi -- Ten flaws of just wars / Ken Booth -- 'Humanitarian wars', realist geopolitics and genocidal practices : 'saving the Kosovars' / Richard Falk -- United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide -- Resolution 1160 (1998). Adopted by the Security Council at its 3868th meeting, on 31 March 1998 -- Resolution 1199 (1998). Adopted by the Security Council at its 3930th meeting on 23 September 1998 -- Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo, 23 February 1999 -- Proposal of the Parliament of Serbia for Self-Governance in Kosovo and Metohija, 20 March 1999 -- Military and Technical Agreement, 9 June 1999 between the International Security Force ('KFOR') and the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia -- Resolution 1244 (1999). Adopted by the Security Council at its 4011th meeting, on 10 June 1999.

"The conflict in Kosovo in 1999 has been described as being as significant for international affairs as the pulling down of the Berlin Wall. This importance derives from the centrality of human rights in the build-up, conduct and aftermath of the war. This volume is an attempt to explore the tragedy from the perspective of human rights in all their dimensions. An international group of specialists debate key human issues: the experiences from Bosnia; the contentious concepts; the wrongs done to the victims; the manner of the fighting; the situation in Kosovo in 2000, and the lessons for humanitarian intervention."--Publisher description.

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