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19 - The Practical Use of Early Warning and Response in Preventing Mass Atrocities and Genocide: Experiences from the Great Lakes Region

from Part III - Acting Out Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

Sheri P. Rosenberg
Affiliation:
Cardozo Law School
Tibi Galis
Affiliation:
Auschwitz Institute, New York
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