Many observers heralded the Security Council—sanctioned intervention in Libya in March
2011 as evidence of the efficacy of the responsibility to protect (R2P). Although there is no …

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 …

This article challenges those perspectives which assert first, that the Security Council's
engagement with the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) during the Arab Spring evidences a …

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criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to …

Civilian protection has become an increasingly urgent issue with which humanitarian
practitioners and policy-makers must contend, particularly in relation to the Responsibility to …

Since it was recognized at the 2005 World Summit, states have routinely expressed their
support for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). The fact that it merely restates existing law …

The outrage over genocidal violence in Sudan provided impetus to “legalise” the concept of
humanitarian intervention into a “responsibility to protect”(R2P). However, a decade on, the …

This paper discusses how international relations theories (realism and liberalism) can
explain states' responses to humanitarian crises. The paper explores whether states' …

“Defining down sovereignty” refers to the normative thesis that sovereignty should not grant
a state absolute protection against armed intervention in its internal affairs by other states …

In a globalizing world where transnational terrorism poses a serious threat to the security of
many people, the Westphalian system of state sovereignty based on the sanctity of borders …