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

White, Elizabeth

Authors

Elizabeth White Elizabeth6.White@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Global History



Contributors

M. Rodriguez Garcia
Editor

D. Rodogno
Editor

L. Kozma
Editor

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.

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