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Remembering Sudetenland: On The Legal Construction Of Ethnic Cleansing, Timothy W. Waters
Remembering Sudetenland: On The Legal Construction Of Ethnic Cleansing, Timothy W. Waters
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What is the true shape of our commitment to prohibit ethnic cleansing? This Article explores that question by considering a case observers have almost universally decided does not constitute ethnic cleansing. It examines the recent controversy in the European Union, when Sudeten Germans demanded that the Czech Republic apologize for having expelled them after WWII before being admitted to the EU. Their demands were almost universally rejected and the legality of the expulsions was reconfirmed by all relevant actors. So what is the consequence for customary international law's rules on ethnic cleansing?
The Article derives the customary legal norms logically …