The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle is the international community's major response to the problem of gecide and mass atrocities - a problem seen in Bosnia, Rwanda and more recently in Syria. This book argues that although it is far from perfect R2P offers the best chance we have of building an international community that works to prevent these crimes and protect vulnerable populations. To make this argument, the book sets out the logic of R2P and its key ambitions, examines some of the critiques of the principle and its implementation in situations such as Libya, and sets out ways of overcoming some of the practical problems associated with moving this principle from words into deeds.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0198704119
ISBN-13
9780198704119
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208924707
Product Key Features
Author
Alex J. Bellamy
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Politics: General & Référence
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
490g
Height
241mm
Width
163mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Oxford
Spine
18mm
Author Biography
Alex J. Bellamy is Professor of International Relations at The University of Queensland, Australia and Non-Resident Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute, New York. Previously, he served as founding Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect at The University of Queensland. He is co-editor in chief of the journal Global Responsibility to Protect.