A category "Easy to Liquidate": The League of Nations, Russian refugee children in the 1920s and the history of humanitarianism

White, Elizabeth

Abstract

This chapter examines the work of the High Commission for Russian Refugees of the League of Nations. It analyses their approach to solving the issue of child refugees and places this in debates around the historical development of human rights and humanitarianism in the twentieth century.

Citation

White, E. (2016). A category "Easy to Liquidate": The League of Nations, Russian refugee children in the 1920s and the history of humanitarianism. In M. Rodriguez Garcia, D. Rodogno, & L. Kozma (Eds.), The League of Nations' Work on Social Issues: Visions, Endeavours and Experiments (201-214). Geneva: United Nations Publications

• Publication Date: May 1, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 201-214
• Book Title: The League of Nations' Work on Social Issues: Visions, Endeavours and Experiments
• ISBN: 9789211015003
• Keywords: refugees, League of Nations, humanitarianism, human rights, Russian refugees
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/924470
• Publisher URL: https://shop.un.org/books/league-nations-work-social-iss-48193