The international politics of human rights : rallying to the R2P cause? /

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Imprint:	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014. ©2014
Description:	xxvi, 269 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge Global institutions series ; 82 Global institutions series ; 82.
Subject:	Responsibility to protect (International law) Humanitarian intervention. Atrocities -- Prevention. Genocide -- Prevention. Human rights -- Political aspects. Genocide -- Prevention. Human rights -- Political aspects. Humanitarian intervention. Responsibility to protect (International law)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9951439

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Other authors / contributors:	Serrano, Mónica, editor of compilation. Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780415626330 (hardback) 0415626331 (hardback) 9780415626347 (paperback) 041562634X (paperback) 9781315851426 (e-book) 1315851423 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The responsibility to protect (R2P) is at a crossroads, the latest in a journey that is only ten years old. This book present debates on the prevention of mass atrocities to R2P's normative prospects.The book addresses key questions as a way to inform and drive on-going conversations about R2P. Moving beyond well-rehearsed debates about the tensions and meanings around sovereignty in R2P practice, the book focuses on advancing the credibility of the preventive dimensions of R2P, whilst simultaneously examining the extent of R2P's current value-added in state decision making--especially for the 2011 actions in Libya and Côte d'Ivoire.Questions addressed include:Did the R2P framework of the 2005 World Summit Declaration intend to mould sovereignty, and if so how? Can R2P break or revert cycles of violence? How can one determine the appropriate duration and timing of the preventive and protective phases of R2P? Who/what should be the targets of preventive action, and how does this have an impact on R2P diplomacy? Under which conditions are particular policy tools likely to be effective?Which state and regional actors are best suited to using these tools?What are the barriers to successful preventive action--how can they be overcome? What capacities need to be built (at the national, regional, and international levels) in order to operationalize R2P's preventive agenda?Examining a wide range of countries, this work will be essential reading for students and scholars of international human rights, international organizations, peacekeeping and conflict resolution"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Is R2P "Cascading" as a Norm?
Part 1. The Responsibility To Prevent Revisited
1. Human Rights Monitoring and Fact-finding
2. Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation
3. The Sanctions Battle
4. International Criminal Justice
Part 2. The Resposibility To React, Value Added 2001-2011
5. Brazil: Slow but Crucial Partner in Rights?
6. India: Whither Democracy, Human Rights and Foreign Policy?
7. China: A Permanent Member like the other Four?
8. South Africa and Nigeria: On the Concept of 'Every African is His Brother's Keeper'
9. Turkey: The Dark Horse in Promoting Rights?
10. Norway: NATO, Libya, and Beyond?
11. Putting Flesh on the Bones: The United States and R2P
12. Conclusion: Towards Institutionalizing R2P

The international politics of human rights : rallying to the R2P cause? /

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