Description
| Product ID: | 9781032116457 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Research in the Law of Armed Conflict |
| Title: | Atrocity Crimes and International Law |
| Subtitle: | Responsibility to Protect, Intercession, and Non-Forceful Responses |
| Authors: | Author: Stacey Henderson |
| Page Count: | 172 |
| Subjects: | Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Armed conflict, War crimes, Jurisprudence and general issues, International law, Public international law: criminal law, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Procurement law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Military and defence law and civilian service law, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Armed conflict, War crimes, Jurisprudence & general issues, International law, International criminal law, Laws of Specific jurisdictions, Procurement law, Constitutional & administrative law, Military & defence law |
| Description: | This book illuminates the way in which measures of intercession, inspired by the ideals of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), have provided a solution to the dilemma of articulating when and how the international community may respond to atrocity crimes occurring in other States. Despite repeated declarations of ‘never again’ in response to the commission of atrocities, civilians have continued to be targeted by their leaders and opposition groups. The international law principles of sovereignty and non-intervention, when taken at their highest, require States to stand idle and not intervene in another State regardless of what atrocities may be occurring there. This traditional legal view is being challenged by an emerging practice of States choosing to respond in non-forceful ways, inspired by the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Drawing on R2P, this book introduces and develops an original conceptual tool –intercession –to capture and explain this change in State practice and the impact of R2P on the development of international law. Through a close examination of State practice, the work explores whether there has been an expansion in the permissible measures and situations in which States can intervene, without using force, in response to atrocity crimes occurring in other States. This book concludes that the development of the secondary duty on the international community under R2P provides the greatest opportunity to progress the R2P framework in a meaningful way, which will have a significant impact on the protection of populations from atrocity crimes. The book will be essential reading for students, researchers and policymakers working in the areas of international law, international relations, humanitarian law, and peace and security studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-31 |
