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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157842703321

Autore

Bellamy Alex J

Titolo

The responsibility to protect : a defense

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-177326-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

341.48

Soggetti

Responsibility to protect (International law) - Prevention

Humanitarian intervention

Security, International

Atrocities

Law, Politics & Government

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction: A defense of R2P -- Atrocities in our time -- Legacies of empire, failures of will -- The promise of R2P -- The R2P imperative -- Much ado about nothing? -- A trojan horse? -- Double standards? -- Balancing humanitarian priorities -- Diplomacy, peacekeeping, and the distractions of protection -- Protecting responsibly.

Sommario/riassunto

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle is the international community's major response to the problem of genocide and mass atrocities. Although far from perfect, this book argues that R2P offers the best chance we have of building an international community that works to prevent these crimes and protect vulnerable populations.