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The Responsibility to Protect
Rhetoric, Reality and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention
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The Responsibility to Protect
Rhetoric, Reality and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention
- Textbook
Description
From Kosovo to Libya, humanitarian intervention is seldom out of the news. While the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) has often been at the centre of these debates, its effectiveness as a means of preventing and resolving mass atrocities is disputed.
The book provides a systematic overview of the theory and practice of R2P, and examines how the doctrine has been interpreted and implemented since it was first conceived. Aidan Hehir argues that, while it has undeniably raised international consciousness regarding humanitarian intervention, R2P has not significantly improved the international response to large-scale intra-state crises.
Hehir advances an alternative strategy involving a strengthening of international law – based around obligations rather than discretionary rights – and major structural reform to the United Nations. Broad-ranging and insightful, this innovative text provides a clear grasp of the key issues and debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and advances a major new critique of R2P.
Table of Contents
PART I: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: SOUND AND FURY?
The Evolution of the Responsibility to Protect
The Responsibility to Protect, Authority and International Law
Prevention: The Last Refuge of the Unimaginative?
Political Will and Non-Intervention
PART II: BEYONE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
In Defence of Humanitarian Intervention and the Potential of International Law
Understanding the Tension between Sovereignty and Intervention
Grasping the Nettle: The Parameters of Viable Reform
Conclusion: the Future of Humanitarian Intervention.
Product details
| Published | 11 Apr 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 312 |
| ISBN | 9781137000941 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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