Since the end of the Cold War, the norms of sovereignty and non-intervention enshrined in
the UN Charter have been subject to significant challenge by practices of" humanitarian …

On March 17, 2011, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1973 on the
crisis in Libya, demanding a cease-fire, imposing a no-fly zone, and authorizing all …

This article discusses the historical evolution of norms of sovereignty, non-intervention,
territorial integrity, and self-determination in international relations. It shows the degree to …

AS HUMANITARIAN CRISES AND INTERNAL CONFLICTS PERSIST WORLDWIDE, the
debate over the authority and responsibility of international institutions and organizations to …

The success of the Westphalian nation-state system has made external intervention in other
states increasingly exceptional, rather than the norm. Indeed, if sovereignty characterized by …

This chapter explores the symptoms of the need to address the limits that have arisen
through attempts to implement the responsibility-to-protect concept. Attention in …

The terrain on which the conceptual and policy contest over “humanitarian intervention” has
been fought is essentially normative. It takes the form of norm displacement, shifting from the …

The purpose of the paper is to revisit the origin of the principle of responsibility to protect
(R2P) focusing on few cases and reflecting on the troubled journey that it has made …

The purpose of this project is to analyze what underlying issues exist in the implementation
of the norm responsibility to protect and its inconsistent application across a series of …

Despite efforts by the UN in the past two decades, the world has seen numerous intrastate
conflicts emerge. Immediate worldwide reporting of such atrocities, evoking empathy for the …