The responsibility to protect : ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all / Gareth Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Gareth J., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atrocities--Prevention.

Atrocities.

Genocide--Prevention.

Genocide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612131479

9781282131477

1282131478

9780815701804

0815701802

OCLC:

632765368