Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect: A New History

by Luke Glanville

Book Overview

In 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing its member states to take measures to protect Libyan civilians from Muammar Gadhafi's forces. In invoking the "responsibility to protect," the resolution draws on the principle that sovereign states are responsible and accountable to the international community for the protection of their populations and that the international community can act to protect populations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022607692X
• ISBN13: 9780226076928
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"