Global politics and the responsibilty to protect : from words to deeds / Alex J. Bellamy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellamy, Alex J., 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Humanitarian intervention.

Peacekeeping forces.

Peace-building.

Democratization.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

ix, 246 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; New York : Routledge, [2010]

Summary:

This book provides an in-depth introduction to, and analysis of, the issues relating to the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect principle in international relations.

The Responsibility to Protect (R to P) has come a long way in a short space of time. It was endorsed by the General Assembly of the UN in 2005, and unanimously reaffirmed by the Security Council in 2006 (Resolution 1674) and 2009 (Resolution 1894). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has identified the challenge of implementing R to P as one of the cornerstones of his Secretary-Generalship. The principle has also become part of the working language of international engagement with humanitarian crises and has been debated in relation to almost every recent international crisis - including Sudan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Georgia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Darfur and Somalia.

Concentrating mainly on implementation challenges including the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities, strengthening the UN's capacity to respond, and the role of regional organizations, this book introduces readers to contemporary debates on R to P and provides the first book-length analysis of the implementation agenda.

The book will be of great interest to students of the responsibility to protect, humanitarian intervention, human rights, foreign policy, security-studies and IR and politics in general. Book jacket.

Contents:

From idea to norm

Implementing RtoP at the UN

Humanitarian crises since 2005

An assessment after five years

Economic development and democratisation

early warning

Regional arrangements, with Sara E. Davies

The UN Security Council and the use of force.

ISBN:

9780415567350

0415567351

9780415567367

041556736X

9780203837160

0203837169

OCLC:

432998207