The Responsibility to Protect: A Defence

by Alex J. Bellamy

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle is the international community's major response to the problem of genocide and mass atrocities - a problem seen in Bosnia, Rwanda and more recently in Syria. This book argues that although it is far from perfect R2P offers the best chance we have of building an international community that works to prevent these crimes and protect vulnerable populations. To make this argument, the book sets out the logic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198704119
• ISBN13: 9780198704119
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"