Kosovo Tragedy

'An engaging collection ... provides an important set of perspectives of how human rights language and norms were used in the course of the Kosovo interventionm and its immediate aftermath.' - International Affairs'Booth is to be congratulated for having brought together representatives of both the pro and anti-war camps in what is a remarkably non-sectarian volume.' - Red Pepper

• Perspectives - ethnic cleansing, Carrie Booth Walling; genocide, Daniela Kroslak, Tim Dunne; mass rape in war, Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Penny Stanley; prologue -implementation lessons from Bosnia, Marianne Hanson; Osce verification experiences in Kosovo, William Walker; human rights abuses in Kosovo, Alex Bellamy; war - NATO policy - issues of legality and legitimacy, Nicholas J. Wheeler; the rights of refugees and the responsibilities of others, Jim Whitman; international humanitarian war and the Kosovo operations, Hilaire McCoubrey; war crimes, Marc Weller; aftermath - the human rights dimensions of the Kosovo Accords, Eric Herring; can human rights be secured? the problems of post-conflict implementation, Ian Mitchell; human rights from the bottom up, Jasmina Husanovic; forum -is humanitarian war a contradiction in terms? Tarak Barkaun et al.