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Post-World War II Forced Repatriations to Yugoslavia: Genocide's Legacy for Democratic Nation Building

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  • Dorothy S. McClellan

    (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

  • Nikola Knez

    (21st Century Society for Human Rights & Education)

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This paper examines the long-term challenges to democratic nation building that have resulted from the forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Croatian civilians and military personnel to Yugoslavia at the end of World War II. Data suggest that violations of the Geneva Conventions led to the death of many of these asylum seekers at the hands of Tito's Partisans in death marches and mass executions. Through analysis of historical documents, newly released evidence of mass graves, and interviews with survivors/witnesses, confessed perpetrators, military officials and scholars, we examine the atrocities in the context of international human rights law, with discussion of subsequent promulgation of protocols for the protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and prisoners of war from crimes against humanity and genocide.

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  • Dorothy S. McClellan & Nikola Knez, 2018. "Post-World War II Forced Repatriations to Yugoslavia: Genocide's Legacy for Democratic Nation Building," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 7(2), pages 62-91, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:7:y:2018:i:2:p:62-91
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    1. Dorothy S. McClellan & Nikola Knez, 2021. "Operation Storm: Ending Humanitarian Disaster and Genocide in Southeastern Europe," International Journal of Social Sciences, European Research Center, vol. 10(1), pages 39-73, March.

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    Keywords

    forced repatriation; genocide; international law; democracy; violations of international law; Geneva Conventions; asylum seekers; communist crimes; Yugoslavia; human rights; prisoners of war;
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    JEL classification:

    • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions

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