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Operationalizing the responsibility to protect in the context o / Nasu, Hitoshi

Nasu, Hitoshi	Journal Article
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2011.

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This article examines how operationalizing the 'responsibility to protect' (R2P) concept may assist in defining the scope of civilian protection mandates for peacekeepers, which are ambiguously restricted by three caveats - 'imminent threat of physical violence', 'area of deployment' and 'capabilities'. It is argued that by restrictively interpreting civilian protection mandates in the light of R2P the limited resources of peacekeeping troops would be more effectively utilized to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes. Greater investment would be required to build capacity among the more creative and specially trained units to protect civilians from physical violence, in addition to greater coordination between the military and those specially trained units.

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UN Peacekeepers ; Civilian Protection ; United Nations

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Responsibility to react? lessons from the security council's re / Nasu, Hitoshi

Nasu, Hitoshi	Journal Article
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2007.

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The Security Council's failure to react when Israel initiated its third large-scale military incursion into southern Lebanon in July 2006 stands in contrast to the overall reform agenda towards a responsive and accountable Security Council. While the idea of 'responsibility to protect' increasingly gains recognition, the delay in reacting to this event demonstrated a setback contrary to legitimate expectations expressed by member states. This article uncovers the extent to which the international community has come to recognize the legal significance of the Security Council's responsibility under the UN Charter, what legal implications the failure of reaction could entail, and what needs to be reformed to rectify the 'responsibility deficit disorder' of the Security Council. It is argued that the Security Council's responsibility under Art. 24(1) carries growing legal significance, which requires reform of the 'attitude' and 'culture' of the Security Council towards conflict management by mainstreaming peacekeeping operations in its security policy

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Peacekeeping ; Middle East ; Security Policy ; United Nations

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