Resolution 1973, which authorised military intervention in Libya, marked the first time that
the United Nations Security Council explicitly mandated the use of force against a …

This paper assesses the extent to which the recently formulated Chinese concept of
“Responsible Protection”(RP) offers a valuable contribution to the normative debate over …

This doctoral dissertation studies the concept of responsibility to protect (R2P), especially in
the context of the South Sudan conflict. R2P is a political concept, developed at the UN and …

Although it is prohibited by international law for States to assist rebel groups in their armed
struggle against an acting government, anti-Qaddafi forces received considerable foreign …

Various players are part of the game in an asymmetric war, all making efforts to provide
human security to their own adherents. Although a fragile state is not able to provide …

This chapter summarizes the preceding chapters, brings forth their research contribution,
and suggests possible directions for future research. It discusses at length how R2P, despite …

Mass humanitarian atrocities–many of them perpetrated by governments against their own
people–continue to wreak havoc across Africa. These crises demand decisive action by the …

This chapter—the book's second chapter on empirical mapping of the R2P field—identifies
the nature and dimensions of R2P's ideational and material presence in the UN to …

By Major Alison F. Atkins Preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security
interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States. Our security is affected when …

The inherent tension in the international system, between human rights and sovereignty, is
at the forefront of International Relations. Developed to overcome the failures that …