Includes bibliographical references and index.

The road to the genocide convention and beyond / Yuval Shany -- The obligation to prevent and to punish genocide / Orna Ben Naftali -- The implementation of the genocide convention at the national level / Ben Saul -- The definition and the elements of the crime of genocide / Florian Jessberger -- The notion of 'Protected Groups' in the genocide convention and its application / Fanny Martin -- Is genocidal policy a requirement for the crime of genocide? / Antonio Cassese -- Perpetrators and co-perpetrators of genocide / Alexander Zahar -- Complicity to commit genocide / Elies van Sliedregt -- Attempt to commit genocide / Jens David Ohlin -- Incitement and conspiracy to commit genocide / Jens David Ohlin -- National criminal jurisdiction over genocide / Vanessa Thalmann -- International criminal jurisdiction over genocide / Salvatore Zappal�a.

The extradition of genocidaires / Robert Roth -- Immunities and genocide / Paola Gaeta -- The defence of alleged g�enocidaires / Howard Morrison -- State responsibility for genocide under the genocide convention / Anja Seibert-Fohr -- State responsibility for conspiracy, incitement and attempt to commit genocide / Jens David Ohlin -- State responsibility for complicity in genocide / Paolo Palchetti -- The role of the United Nations in preventing and suppressing genocide / Giorgio Gaja -- The compromissory clause of the convention / Robert Kolb -- The scope ratione personae of the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ / Robert Kolb and Sandra Kr�ahenmann -- The scope ratione materiae of the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ / Robert Kolb -- Territorial application of the genocide convention and state succession / Marko Milanovic -- Operative provisions of the genocide convention / Katherine Del Mar -- Prosecuting denials of past alleged genocides / Christian Tomuschat -- Taking stock of the genocide convention and looking ahead / Antonio Cassese.