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Author Evans, Gareth J., 1944- author

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

Publisher Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2008

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 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  363.34 .E922r    AVAILABLE  
Phys Descr xvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Summary "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
Subject Atrocities -- Prevention
Genocide -- Prevention
OCLC # 231581568
ISBN # 0815725043
9780815725046