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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778021503321

Autore

Evans Gareth J. <1944->

Titolo

The responsibility to protect [[electronic resource] ] : ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all / / Gareth Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, 2008

ISBN

1-282-13147-8

9786612131479

0-8157-0180-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

363.34

Soggetti

Atrocities - Prevention

Genocide - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The problem : the recurring nightmare of mass atrocities -- The solution : from "the right to intervene" to "the responsibility to protect" -- The scope and limits of the responsibility to protect -- Before the crisis : the responsibility to prevent -- During the crisis : the responsibility to react -- Responding to crises : when is it right to fight? -- After the crisis : the responsibility to rebuild -- Institutional preparedness : the actors.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explains Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a new international norm to protect the peoples of the world. With real-world examples, current events analysis, and assessments from personal experience, shows how R2P is better equipped to end mass atrocity crimes than is "the right to intervene" or other "humanitarian intervention" doctrines"--Provided by publisher.