Documents on the Genocide Convention from the American, British, and Russian Archives

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by  Anton Weiss-Wendt

Documents on the Genocide Convention from
the American, British, and Russian Archives
Also available from Bloomsbury
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Documents on the Genocide Convention
from the American, British, and Russian
Archives
The Politics of International Humanitarian Law, 1933–
1948
Volume I
Edited by
Anton Weiss-Wendt
Contents
Document List
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Archival Collections
Introduction
DOCUMENTS 1–169
I Genocide: From a Concept to a United Nations Resolution, 1933–46 (nos. 1–
12)
II The United Nations Secretariat Draft Genocide Convention, 1947 (nos. 13–
42)
III Ad Hoc Committee on Genocide, January–August 1948 (nos. 43–80)
IV Debates on the Draft Genocide Convention in the UN General Assembly,
September–December 1948 (nos. 81–113)
V Lobbying on behalf of the Genocide Convention, 1947–48 (nos. 114–169)
United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide: The Three Drafts, 1947–48
Further Reading
List of Persons
Index
Document List
DOCUMENTS 1–169
I Genocide: From a Concept to a United Nations
Resolution, 1933–46 (nos. 1–12)
No. 1
Raphael Lemkin Outlines the Concept of International Crimes of Barbarism and
Vandalism, November 1933
No. 2
A Polish Right-Wing Newspaper Slams Lemkin for His Newly Proposed
International Crimes of Barbarism and Vandalism, October 25, 1933
No. 3
Raphael Lemkin Informs Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court Associate
Justice, of the Concept of Genocide and the Book, Axis Rule in Occupied
Europe, May 4, 1945
No. 4
Robert H. Jackson Tells Raphael Lemkin He Had Read and Appreciated the
Latter’s Book and the Article on Genocide, May 16, 1945
No. 5
James B. Donovan, Assistant to the Chief US Prosecutor at the International
Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Critical of Raphael Lemkin’s Performance at
London, September 24, 1945 
No. 6
Lemkin’s Memorandum for Telford Taylor, Assistant to the Chief US
Prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, on Criminal
Conspiracy, September 28, 1945
No. 7
Raphael Lemkin Considered as Potential Witness at the International Military
Tribunal in Nuremberg, His Book Regarded as Prime Source on Genocide,
October 11, 1945
No. 8
Raphael Lemkin Seeks Eleanor Roosevelt’s Support for His Idea of an
International Genocide Treaty, Refers to His Earlier Communication to President
Roosevelt, May 18, 1946
No. 9
The United Nations Department of Public Information Acknowledges the
Receipt of Raphael Lemkin’s Proposal concerning the Crime of Genocide, May
23, 1946
No. 10
Legal Observers of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia at the International
Military Tribunal in Nuremberg Jointly Seek to Expand the Count of Genocide
in the Indictment, June 25, 1946
No. 11
The Soviet Foreign Ministry Outlines an Agenda on Codification of
International Law, November 6, 1946
No. 12
The UK Delegation to the United Nations Informs about the Draft Resolution
Proclaiming Genocide an International Crime, November 23, 1946
II The United Nations Secretariat Draft Genocide
Convention, 1947 (nos. 13–42)
No. 13
British Foreign Office Officials Report on the UN Deliberations concerning the
Crime of Genocide, Consider Unnecessary Drafting a Separate Convention,
February 24 and 26, 1947
GENOCIDE
No. 14
Conversation between Lemkin and Carl Marcy of the US State Department
concerning the US Position on the UN Resolution on Genocide, February 25,
1947
No. 15
The British Foreign Office Prefers the UN Secretariat to Draw a Draft Genocide
Convention, March 7, 1947
No. 16
The UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations Reports on Divergent
Procedure for Drafting a Genocide Convention as Proposed by National
Delegations, March 16, 1947
No. 17
The British Foreign Office Prefers Delayed Action on Genocide in the United
Nations, March 17, 1947
No. 18
Raphael Lemkin Not Allowed to Participate in Formal Discussions On Genocide
in the ECOSOC, April 4, 1947
No. 19
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov Briefed on Soviet Legislation
pertaining to the Crime of Genocide, April 5, 1947
No. 20
Raphael Lemkin Thanks UN Secretary General Trygve Lie for His Assistance in
Passing the UN Resolution That Proclaimed Genocide a Crime under
International Law, May 6, 1947
No. 21
The UN Secretariat Seeks Names of Legal Experts Who Could Help Draw up a
Genocide Convention, May 13, 1947
No. 22
Raphael Lemkin Invited to Serve as an Expert of International and Criminal Law
in Drawing up a UN Draft Genocide Convention, May 13, 1947 
No. 23
UK Representative, Professor James L. Brierly, Reports on the First Meeting of
the UN Committee of Legal Experts, Eager to Dispose of the Idea of an
International Criminal Court, May 15, 1947
No. 24
James Brierly Compares and Contrasts the British, American, and Soviet
Outlook on Codification of International Law, as Transpires from the Work of
the UN Committee of Legal Experts, May 27, 1947
No. 25
The British Foreign Office Welcomes the Decision to Delegate the Formulation
of the Nuremberg Principles to the Newly Established International Law
Commission, June 5, 1947
No. 26