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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784216803321

Titolo

The responsibility to protect : research, bibliography, background

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa : , : International Development Research Centre, , 2001

ISBN

1-280-71839-0

9786610718399

1-55250-256-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 410 pages) : maps

Disciplina

016.327

327.1/7

Soggetti

Humanitarian intervention

Intervention (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Supplementary volume to the report of the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty."

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; CO-CHAIRS' FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; RESEARCHERS' PREFACE; LIST OF ACRONYMS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; Section A. ELEMENTS OF THE DEBATE; Section B. PAST HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS; Section C. MORALITY, LAW, OPERATIONS, AND POLITICS; PART II: BIBLIOGRAPHY; 1. Humanitarian Intervention; 2. Sovereignty and Intervention; 3. Conflict Prevention; 4. Ethical Aspects; 5. Legal Aspects; 6. Interest and Will; 7. National and Regional Perspectives; 8. Nonmilitary Interventions; 9. Operational Aspects of Military Interventions; 10. Military Interventions and Humanitarian Action

11. Post-Conflict Challenges; 12. Country Cases; PART III: BACKGROUND; 1. About the Commission; 2. About the Commissioners; 3. Regional Roundtables and National Consultations; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In his Millennium Report to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenged the international community to address the real dilemmas posed by intervention and sovereignty. The independent International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) was established by the Canadian government in



September 2000 to respond to that challenge. After a year of intense worldwide consultations and debate, the Commission now presents this path-breaking report. With its central theme of the "responsibility to protect," the report underlines the primary responsibilit