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

Collection type	Library
Author	Evans, Gareth, 1944-;
Call Number	363.34 E92
Document type	Monograph
Year	2008.
Pagination	xvi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Brookings Institution Press,
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index. "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.
Place made	Washington, D.C. :

Abstract

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 -- Du ring 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.