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UNINA9910459098803321 |
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Titolo |
Mass atrocity crimes [[electronic resource] ] : preventing future outrages / / Robert I. Rotberg, editor |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-64162-X |
9786612641626 |
0-8157-0486-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genocide - Prevention |
Crimes against humanity - Prevention |
Atrocities - Prevention |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Sponsored by the World Peace Foundation and the Harvard Kennedy School Program on Intrastate Conflict. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Deterring mass atrocity crimes : the cause of our era / Robert I. Rotberg -- Old crimes, new paradigms : preventing mass atrocity crimes / Dan Kuwali -- The role of the International Criminal Court / Richard J. Goldstone -- Understanding crimes against humanity in West Africa : giving the people what they want / David M. Crane -- The responsibility to protect : preventing and halting crimes against humanity / Don Hubert -- Building a norm : the responsibility to protect experience / Edward C. Luck -- Acting against atrocities : a strategy for supporters of R2P / Claire Applegarth and Andrew Block -- From prevention to response : using military force to oppose mass atrocities / Sarah Sewall -- Social networks and technology in the prevention of crimes against humanity / Sarah E. Kreps -- The use of patterns in crisis mapping to combat mass atrocity crimes / Jennifer Leaning -- Monitoring African governments' domestic media to predict and prevent mass atrocities : opportunities and obstacles / Frank Chalk. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Millions of people, particularly in Africa, face daily the prospect of |
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death at the hands of state or state-linked forces. Although officially both the United Nations and the African Union have adopted "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) principles, atrocities continue. The tenets of R2P, recently cited in a UN Outcomes Document, make it clear that states have a primary responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. When states cannot-or will not-protect their citizens, however, the international community must step into the bre |
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