In the fifteen years since the publication of the report 'The Responsibility to Protect'by the
International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, there has been a …

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

This article explores a perverse consequence of the emerging norm of humanitarian
intervention, or “Responsibility to Protect,” contrary to its intent of protecting civilians from …

Abstract The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has come a long way in a relatively short space
of time. From inauspicious beginnings, the principle was endorsed by the General Assembly …

A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention
in the contemporary world. Recent events in Libya and Syria have propelled humanitarian …

Abstract The African Union has become increasingly hostile towards the International
Criminal Court, particularly in the wake of the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President …

Humanitarianism–that is, the political, economic and military interference in the domestic
affairs of a state justified by a nascent transnational morality–is one of the defining and most …

The European Union (EU) is a key partner for African regional organizations and a major
promoter of economic and political integration in the region. Several studies have …

Since the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations, genocide, crimes
against humanity and other war crimes—mass atrocities—have been explicitly illegal. When …

Advocates of moral hazard theory argue that the 'responsibility to protect'causes genocidal
violence that would not otherwise occur. After summarizing the main elements of the moral …