Norms of Protection : Responsibility to Protect, Protection of Civilians and their Interaction / UN.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

UN.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human Rights and Refugees.

Local Subjects:

Human Rights and Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A series of humanitarian tragedies in the 1990s (Somalia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Kosovo) demonstrated the failure of the international community to protect civilians in the context of complex emergencies. These brought to life two norms of protection - Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Protection of Civilians (POC) - both deeply rooted in the empathy that human beings have for the suffering of innocent people. Both norms raise concerns of misinterpretation and misuse. They are developing - sometimes in parallel, sometimes diverging and sometimes converging - with varying degrees of institutionalization and acceptance. This book engages in a profound comparative analysis of the norms and aims to serve policy-makers at various levels; practitioners with protective roles; academics and researchers; civil society and R2P and POC advocates.

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The responsibility to protect: Game change and regime change

The protection of civilians in armed conflict: Four concepts

The responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians in armed conflict: Overlap and contrast

The responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians: A view from the United Nations

A tale of two norms

Peacekeeping, civilian protection mandates and the responsibility to protect

Enhancing protection of civilians through "responsibility to protect" preventive action

Framing a protection service

The relationship between international humanitarian law and responsibility to protect: From solferino to srebrenica

The responsibility to protect civilians from political violence: Locating necessity between the rule and its exception

The responsibility to protect and the international refugee regime

Enhancing the capacities of state and regional institutions in transforming responsibility to protect from words to deeds: The case of Indonesia and ASEAN

Towards a "responsibility to provide": Cultivating an ethic of responsible sovereignty in Southeast Asia

Interaction of the norms of protection.

ISBN:

9789210558945

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