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"In mainstream scholarship, international law shed its racist past in the twentieth century, embracing instead, justice and humanity. William Schabas masterfully shows how the true story is much more complex. Through meticulous, detailed, and informative narrative, Schabas shows how much of the early history of the pillars of modern international law, while paying lip service to anti-discrimination, retained traces of ""the leitmotif of colonialism"" and its racist past. More importantly, the book illustrates how, in their struggle against racism and the pursuit of mainstreaming anti-discrimination, it was States of the Global South against the resistance of the ""gentle civilisers"" from the North, that pushed international law to the place where it rejects racism - or at least overt racism. * Prof. Dire Tladi, University of Pretoria, former chairman of the UN International Law Commission * Yet another powerful offering from the dean of eminent scholars who treat human beings as the central subjects of international law. Professor Schabas's The International Legal Order's Colour Line is an essential volume on the bookshelf of every law school library, lawyer, and law student. * Chile Eboe-Osuji, PhD, LLM, former President of the International Criminal Court * The International Legal Order's Colour Line traces a gnashed scar through slavery, the slave trade, colonialism and apartheid that still festers in the contemporary guise of racial discrimination. Schabas simultaneously has extracted from the official records of the League of Nations and the United Nations the minutiae of the resistance and resilience of Africans, Asians and the African diaspora against the racist colonial and colonial settler regimes and the ideological persistence of racial superiority of these formerly called ""civilized nations"". Bracing the cover is internationalist Paul Robeson, who mid-century, with other African Americans, demanded the immediate functionality of the UN human rights systems for all peoples. Schabas confirms that the demand is unremitting."

"In mainstream scholarship, international law shed its racist past in the twentieth century, embracing instead, justice and humanity. William Schabas masterfully shows how the true story is much more complex. Through meticulous, detailed, and informative narrative, Schabas shows how much of the early history of the pillars of modern international law, while paying lip service to anti-discrimination, retained traces of ""the leitmotif of colonialism"" and its racist past. More importantly, the book illustrates how, in their struggle against racism and the pursuit of mainstreaming anti-discrimination, it was States of the Global South against the resistance of the ""gentle civilisers"" from the North, that pushed international law to the place where it rejects racism - or at least overt racism. * Prof. Dire Tladi, University of Pretoria, former chairman of the UN International Law Commission * Yet another powerful offering from the dean of eminent scholars who treat human beings as the central subjects of international law. Professor Schabas's The International Legal Order's Colour Line is an essential volume on the bookshelf of every law school library, lawyer, and law student. * Chile Eboe-Osuji, PhD, LLM, former President of the International Criminal Court *"

"In mainstream scholarship, international law shed its racist past in the twentieth century, embracing instead, justice and humanity. William Schabas masterfully shows how the true story is much more complex. Through meticulous, detailed, and informative narrative, Schabas shows how much of the early history of the pillars of modern international law, while paying lip service to anti-discrimination, retained traces of ""the leitmotif of colonialism"" and its racist past. More importantly, the book illustrates how, in their struggle against racism and the pursuit of mainstreaming anti-discrimination, it was States of the Global South against the resistance of the ""gentle civilisers"" from the North, that pushed international law to the place where it rejects racism - or at least overt racism. * Prof. Dire Tladi, University of Pretoria, former chairman of the UN International Law Commission * Yet another powerful offering from the dean of eminent scholars who treat human beings as the central subjects of international law. Professor Schabas's The International Legal Order's Colour Line is an essential volume on the bookshelf of every law school library, lawyer, and law student. * Chile Eboe-Osuji, PhD, LLM, former President of the International Criminal Court * The International Legal Order's Colour Line traces a gnashed scar through slavery, the slave trade, colonialism and apartheid that still festers in the contemporary guise of racial discrimination. Schabas simultaneously has extracted from the official records of the League of Nations and the United Nations the minutiae of the resistance and resilience of Africans, Asians and the African diaspora against the racist colonial and colonial settler regimes and the ideological persistence of racial superiority of these formerly called ""civilized nations"". Bracing the cover is internationalist Paul Robeson, who mid-century, with other African Americans, demanded the immediate functionality of the UN human rights systems for all peoples. Schabas confirms that the demand is unremitting. The International Legal Order's Colour Line traces a gnashed scar through slavery, the slave trade, colonialism and apartheid that still festers in the contemporary guise of racial discrimination. Schabas simultaneously has extracted from the official records of the League of Nations and the United Nations the minutiae of the resistance and resilience of Africans, Asians and the African diaspora against the racist colonial and colonial settler regimes and the ideological persistence of racial superiority of these formerly called ""civilized nations"". Bracing the cover is internationalist Paul Robeson, who mid-century, with other African Americans, demanded the immediate functionality of the UN human rights systems for all peoples. Schabas confirms that the demand is unremitting. * Patricia Sellers, Faculty of Law and Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford *"

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William A. Schabas is professor of International Law at Middlesex University London and distinguished visiting faculty at Sciences Po in Paris. He further holds the titles of professor emeritus at Leiden University and University of Galway. He is honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and was a member of Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2002-2004), chairman of Human Rights Council fact-finding commission on the Gaza conflict (2014-2015), and prepared quinquennial reports on the death penalty for the United Nations Secretary-General in 2020, 2015, and 2010. He is also an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of Royal Irish Academy, and holds several honorary doctorates.

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