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Hehir, Aidan, 1977-

The responsibility to protect rhetoric, reality and the future of humanitarian intervention / Aidan Hehir. - Basingstoke ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan 2012. - ix, 301p. 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-294) and index.

Rhetoric and Reality -- PART I: THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: SOUND AND FURY? The Evolution of the Responsibility to Protect ; The Responsibility to Protect, Authority and International Law ; The Responsibility to Prevent: The Last Refuge of the Unimaginative? ; Political Will and Non-Intervention -- PART II: BEYOND R2P. In Defence of Humanitarian Intervention and the Potential of International Law ; Understanding the Tension between Sovereignty and Intervention ; Grasping the Nettle: The Parameters of Viable Reform ; The Future of Humanitarian Intervention.

"The notion of a responsibility to protect (R2P) has come to dominate debates about humanitarian intervention. This important new book provides a systematic assessment of its evolution and gives a careful critique of its limits in mapping out alternative avenues for the prevention of - and responses to - humanitarian crises." -- Publisher's website.

ISBN: 9780230289185

Standard No.: 3875.00

LCCN: 2011277729

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB1E4166 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015995315 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Responsibility to protect (International law)
Humanitarian intervention.

LC Class. No.: KZ4082 / .H44 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 341.584