The responsibility to protect ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all / Gareth Evans.

Author/creator Evans, Gareth J., 1944-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,
Descriptionxvi, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The problem : the recurring nightmare of mass atrocities -- The solution : from "the right to intervene" to "the responsibility to protect" -- The scope and limits of the responsibility to protect -- Before the crisis : the responsibility to prevent -- During the crisis : the responsibility to react -- Responding to crises : when is it right to fight? -- After the crisis : the responsibility to rebuild -- Institutional preparedness : the actors.
Abstract "Explains Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a new international norm to protect the peoples of the world. With real-world examples, current events analysis, and assessments from personal experience, shows how R2P is better equipped to end mass atrocity crimes than is "the right to intervene" or other "humanitarian intervention" doctrines"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008033229
ISBN9780815725046 (cloth : alk. paper)