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ID086978
Title ProperRevisiting the responsibility to protect
LanguageENG
AuthorNewman, Michael
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The Declaration on 'the responsibility to protect' (R2P), unanimously endorsed by the Security Council in April 2006, identified both national and international responsibilities in relation to genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This was highly significant in appearing to accept that the prevention of mass atrocities was a legitimate international concern. Subsequently, there has been some disappointment about the limited practical impact of R2P, and also anxiety that its progress may be impeded by the fear that it is designed to legitimise military intervention. However, this article concentrates on a different concern. Arguing that an earlier version of R2P (in the International Commission on Intervention and Sovereignty of 2001) linked the issues with those of human security and development, it suggests that the contemporary focus is far narrower, undermining its critical potential with regard to the policies of the global North and reducing its appeal to developing countries.
`In' analytical NotePolitical Quarterly Vol. 80, No. 1; Jan-Mar 2009: p.92-100
Journal SourcePolitical Quarterly Vol. 80, No. 1; Jan-Mar 2009: p.92-100
Key WordsResponsibility to Protect ;  Humanitarian Intervention ;  Human Security ;  Development ;  Mass Atrocities ;  Humanitarianism