The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect

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Synopsis

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is intended to provide an effective framework for responding to crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It is a response to the many conscious-shocking cases where atrocities - on the worst scale - have occurred even during the post 1945 period when the United Nations was built to save us all from the scourge of genocide. The R2P concept accords to sovereign states and international
institutions a responsibility to assist peoples who are at risk - or experiencing - the worst atrocities. R2P maintains that collective action should be taken by members of the United Nations to prevent or halt such gross violations of basic human rights.

This Handbook, containing contributions from leading theorists, and practitioners (including former foreign ministers and special advisors), examines the progress that has been made in the last 10 years; it also looks forward to likely developments in the next decade.

Book details

Series:
Oxford Handbooks
Author:
Alex J. Bellamy and Tim Dunne
ISBN:
9780191068362
Related ISBNs:
9780198753841, 9780191068355
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-12-11
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2016
Copyright by:
Oxford University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government