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The Concept of Ethnic Cleansing: A Cautious Quest for Justice
Arman Murat Necip
International Relations...
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Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3240 (Paper) ISSN 2224-3259 (Online)
Vol 1, 2011
6 | P a g e
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org
The Concept of Ethnic Cleansing: A Cautious Quest for Justice
Arman Murat Necip
International Relations Department
Adnan Menderes University
Nazilli Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Nazilli, Aydin, Turkey
E-mail: mnarman@adu.
edu.
tr
Abstract
There are numerous moral and legal drawbacks in using the term of ethnic cleansing instead of the term
genocide.
However, one may observe that the mass media, legal community, politicians, diplomats, NGOs
and medical community persistently use the term ethnic cleansing.
Moreover the crimes against humanity
which were committed in 1990s’ could be discussed and prosecuted by courtesy of that term.
In addition
the foregoing discussion about ethnic cleansing was essential in the establishment of International Criminal
Court.
Therefore, in this paper it is argued that, after the establishmen
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