Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience

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Summary: Where will human rights be in the 21st century?
Review: This book provides an excellent, detailed account of the war crimes and genocide which happened in the 20th century. Ball details human rights abuses which occurred during WWI, WWII, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Cambodia. In providing an in-depth look into our past, Ball shows where international law may be moving in the future. The international community continues to see gross human right violations since the Nuremberg Trial. Ball provides Problems and Prospects for the future of the international community to protect victims against human rights violations and to punish those who commit human rights voilations.