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The responsibility to protect : ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all
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The responsibility to protect : ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all / Gareth Evans.
ISBN
0815725043 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"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.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 17, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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