Hehir The Responsibility to Protect

Rhetoric, Reality and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-00094-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

From Kosovo to Libya, humanitarian intervention is seldom out of the news. While the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) has often been at the centre of these debates, its effectiveness as a means of preventing and resolving mass atrocities is disputed. The book provides a systematic overview of the theory and practice of R2P, and examines how the doctrine has been interpreted and implemented since it was first conceived. Aidan Hehir argues that, while it has undeniably raised international consciousness regarding humanitarian intervention, R2P has not significantly improved the international response to large-scale intra-state crises.Hehir advances an alternative strategy involving a strengthening of international law – based around obligations rather than discretionary rights – and major structural reform to the United Nations. Broad-ranging and insightful, this innovative text provides a clear grasp of the key issues and debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and advances a major new critique of R2P.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hehir, Aidan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Rhetoric and Reality.- PART I: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: SOUND AND FURY? .- The Evolution of the Responsibility to Protect .- The Responsibility to Protect, Authority and International Law .- Prevention: The Last Refuge of the Unimaginative? .- Political Will and Non-Intervention.- PART II: BEYONE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT .- In Defence of Humanitarian Intervention and the Potential of International Law.- Understanding the Tension between Sovereignty and Intervention.- Grasping the Nettle: The Parameters of Viable Reform.- Conclusion: the Future of Humanitarian Intervention.

Über Autor(innen)

AIDAN HEHIR Director of the Security and International Relations Programme at the University of Westminster, UK. His books include Kosovo, Intervention and State building (Routledge, 2010), Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010); Humanitarian Intervention After Kosovo (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)andState Building: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2007 & 2009).