The responsibility to protect and the failures of the United Nations Security Council / P M Butchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butchard, Patrick M., author.

Series:

Studies in international law; ; 75

Studies in international law; 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility to protect (International law).

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces.

United Nations.

United Nations. Security Council.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 279 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Hart, 2020.

Summary:

"What can be done if the United Nations Security Council fails to protect people from mass atrocities? At a time of inaction and political paralysis at the United Nations, this book explains the legality of alternative action beyond the Security Council. This book takes a fresh look at the responsibility to protect and offers new and compelling insights into the powers and limits of the UN Security Council. It argues that the Security Council's responsibility to maintain international peace and security, and its responsibility to protect, do not die with its own failures. Other actors can and must take up responsibility to save those in need. In a persuasive and detailed examination of the legal framework, this research identifies options for coercive measures to be taken beyond the Council that could be used to break the deadlock, including through the General Assembly and regional organisations. The book provides a must-have resource for students, academics, and researchers on key principles of international law. It also offers insight for governments, policy-makers, and other international actors on how they can uphold their legal responsibilities, maintain peace and security, and prevent their failures from undermining the very existence of the UN itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Warning to Humanity

The Responsibility to Protect

The Legal Responsibilities of the United Nations Security Council

The Tertiary Responsibility and Forcible Measures

The Tertiary Responsibility and Non-Forcible Measures

Implementing the Tertiary Responsibility to Protect

General Conclusions

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Unviersity of Liverpool, 2017) under title: The responsibility to protect when the UN Security Council fails to act : is there room for a tertiary responsibility?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781509930838

1509930833

9781509930821

1509930825

9781509930814

1509930817

OCLC:

1139924481