Rethinking humanitarian intervention / Alex J. Bellamy, Stephen McLoughlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellamy, Alex J., 1975- author.

McLoughlin, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention.

Human rights.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 240 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[London] : Palgrave, [2018]

Summary:

Two leading experts in the field re-examine the traditional understanding of humanitarian intervention in this major new text. The recent high profile interventions in Iraq, Libya and Syria show the various international responses to impending or ongoing humanitarian crises, tracking the development from ad hoc military interventions to a more formalized international human rights regime. This evolution has fundamentally changed the way that states and international society think about, and respond to, atrocities. This textbook charts and explains the transformation, examines the challenges that confront it, and asks whether this new politics can withstand the growing crises in international politics. The human protection system is not perfect, but attempts to reduce both the incidence and lethality of atrocity crimes. The authors argue that armed intervention alone is rarely sufficient to halt atrocity crimes, but must be understood within the wider context of peacemaking, including non-violent action. The requirement for states to intervene is codified in international law, and this raises important practical, political and moral questions for consistent humanitarian action.

Contents:

List of illustrative material

Acknowledgements. Introduction : Rights beyond states

"Never again" all over again: reluctant state actors

From humanitarian intervention to human protection

Overview

Notes. 1 Atrocities and responses : Why atrocities happen

How atrocities end

Implications

Notes. 2 Towards human protection : Declining atrocities, rising activism

The international human protection regime

Human protection and the decline in mass violence

Alternative explanations

Conclusion

Notes. 3 Protection without force : The peaceful dimension of human protection

Peaceful protection actors

Peaceful measures

Taking stock of peaceful measures

Notes. 4 Intervention in Libya : Countdown to Resolution 1973

Explaining Resolution 1973

Why Resolution 1973 is significant

Libya since Resolution 1973

Notes. 5 The problem of regime change : Historical contours

Sovereignty, self-determination, and human rights

Towards responsible protection

Notes. 6 The problem of accountability : Divided counsels on Syria

Responsibility while protecting

Notes. 7 Consistency and complications : The question of consistency

Consequences of humanitarian intervention

The case for prevention

Notes. 8 Human protection in crisis? : The crisis of human protection

A crisis explained

Can human protection survive?

Notes. Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-227) and index (228-240)

ISBN:

1137488085

9781137488084

1137488093

9781137488091

OCLC:

1007929983