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Diritti Umani e Crimini contro l'Umanità Serie

Questa serie approfondisce i capitoli oscuri della storia moderna, esaminando catastrofiche violazioni dei diritti umani e crimini contro l'umanità che hanno lasciato cicatrici indelebili. Esplora un ampio spettro di atrocità, dai genocidi e pulizie etniche alla schiavitù e alla tortura, coprendo la storia e la geografia globali. La raccolta analizza criticamente lo sviluppo degli standard di protezione dei diritti umani e le questioni cruciali della memoria e del risarcimento, con l'obiettivo di informare e stimolare il dibattito pubblico e accademico. Il suo obiettivo finale è promuovere una maggiore comprensione che possa aiutare a prevenire future atrocità e a sostenere i diritti umani universali.

They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else
Evidence for Hope
The International Human Rights Movement
If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die
The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity. The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire
The Killing Season

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