The Responsibility to Protect Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All

by Evans, Gareth

• ISBN13: 9780815725046
• ISBN10: 0815725043
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780815701804
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-10
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

"The Responsibility to Protect captures a simple and powerful idea. The primary responsibility for protecting its own people from mass atrocity crimes lies with the state itself. State sovereignty implies responsibility, not a license to kill. But when a state is unwilling or unable to halt or avert such crimes, the wider international community then has a collective responsibility to take whatever action is necessary. R2P emphasizes preventive action above all. That includes assistance for states struggling to contain potential crises and for effective rebuilding after a crisis or conflict to tackle its underlying causes. R2P's primary tools are persuasion and support, not military or other coercion. But sometimes it is right to fight: faced with another Rwanda, the world cannot just stand by."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: A Personal Journey	p. 1
Understanding the Responsibility to Protect
The Problem: The Recurring Nightmare of Mass Atrocities	p. 11
Defining Mass Atrocities	p. 11
The Premodern Age: Centuries of Indifference	p. 13
From Westphalia to the Holocaust: Institutionalizing Indifference	p. 15
The Cold War Years: Cynicism and Self-Interest	p. 19
The 1990s: The Clash of Competing Imperatives	p. 25
The Solution: From "The Right to Intervene" to "The Responsibility to Protect"	p. 31
Initial Attempts to Build Consensus	p. 32
The Birth of "The Responsibility to Protect"	p. 38
From ICISS to the World Summit	p. 43
After the Summit: A Race Still Not Won	p. 50
The Scope and Limits of the Responsibility to Protect	p. 55
Five Major Misunderstandings about R2P	p. 56
Identifying Countries of R2P Concern	p. 71
Operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect
Before the Crisis: The Responsibility to Prevent	p. 79
Analysis and Early Warning	p. 81
Political and Diplomatic Strategies	p. 88
Economic and Social Strategies	p. 91
Constitutional and Legal Strategies	p. 95
Security Sector Strategies	p. 100
During the Crisis: The Responsibility to React	p. 105
Political and Diplomatic Strategies	p. 106
Economic Strategies	p. 113
Legal Strategies	p. 115
Military Strategies Short of Applying Coercive Force	p. 120
Reacting to Crises: When Is It Right to Fight?	p. 128
The Question of Legality	p. 129
The Question of Legitimacy	p. 139
Legality versus Legitimacy	p. 146
After the Crisis: The Responsibility to Rebuild	p. 148
Achieving Security	p. 151
Achieving Good Governance	p. 158
Achieving Justice and Reconciliation	p. 163
Achieving Economic and Social Development	p. 169
The Role of the Peacebuilding Commission	p. 172
Institutional Preparedness: The Actors	p. 175
The United Nations System	p. 175
Regional Organizations: EU, AU, NATO, and OSCE	p. 180
Other Intergovernmental Institutions, National Governments, and NGOs	p. 194
Building Diplomatic, Civilian, and Military Capability	p. 200
Diplomatic Capability	p. 200
Civilian Response Capability	p. 208
Military Response Capability	p. 213
Mobilizing Political Will	p. 223
Ensuring Knowledge	p. 225
Encouraging Concern	p. 227
Building Confidence	p. 233
Establishing Process	p. 235
Demanding Leadership	p. 239
Boxes
R2P in the 2001 ICISS Report: Core Principles	p. 40
R2P in the UN General Assembly 2005: World Summit Outcome Document	p. 48
The Prevention Toolbox	p. 87
The Reaction Toolbox	p. 107
The Use of Force: Criteria of Legitimacy	p. 141
The Rebuilding Toolbox	p. 150
Appendixes
Definitions of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and War Crimes	p. 243
The Mass Atrocity Toolboxes: Prevention, Reaction, and Rebuilding	p. 252
Further Reading	p. 254
Further Action	p. 259
Notes	p. 267
Index	p. 329
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