Overview
- Provides an up-to-date analysis of the R2P norm
- Analyzes underexplored cases and looks at well-studied cases from a fresh and alternative perspective
- Questions the implementation and sustainability of the protection provided to date
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Responsibility to Protect
- United Nations
- Human Rights Protection
- 2005 United Nations World Summit
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDGs
- SDG 16
- human rights
- peace and conflict
- sustainable protection
- 20th anniversary of R2P
- humanitarian crises
- pillar-by-pillar
- Myanmar
- China
- Venezuela
- Darfur
- Kenya
- Guinea
- Côte D’Ivoire
About this book
This book focuses on measures pertaining to the three-pillar implementation strategy of R2P and examines how and to what extent the three pillars have been practised. Rich in its geographical scope, this edited book provides a critical analysis of R2P practice over the last two decades by focusing on representative cases from different regions. Analysing not only recent and/or underexplored cases but also widely studied cases from a fresh and alternative perspective, it sheds light on the depth and scope of the norm as well as the variety of actors involved and how they impact R2P practice. Diverging from most accounts, this edited book does not approach the cases as a ‘success’ or ‘failure’ of R2P. By studying the background to the conflicts and making assessments on a pillar-by-pillar basis, each chapter addresses the root causes, traces the process of implementation, investigates the actions of the actors involved, identifies elements of success and failure and finally questionsthe sustainability of the protection provided to date. Meanwhile, the conceptual chapters complement the case analyses through an overall evaluation of R2P’s first two decades and the progress achieved so far with the aim to draw lessons for future implementations of R2P.
Reviews
“Books on R2P usually engage in analysis of the same case studies, but this edited volume is different. It features a collection of essays of some of the classic cases that scholars and practitioners are now very much familiar with, but also the often-neglected ones like Nigeria, Guinea, Yemen and Gaza that have not garnered enough scholarly attention in discussions of how R2P is being implemented. This is a brilliantly edited volume that expands our repertoire of case studies and would prove a valuable resource for students and scholars alike.” (Bola Adediran, Lecturer in International Relations, Liverpool Hope University, UK)
“Since its establishment as an emerging norm some 20 years ago, the R2P principle has evolved from being a beacon of hope to a subject of contestation. Its positive impact is often eclipsed by the controversial cases—such as Libya, Syria and Myanmar—and its political value is threatened in a transitional international order in which nationalism and geopolitical rivalry are resurgent. This excellent volume explores these themes and difficulties, but also reminds us that the R2P principle is needed more than ever. It offers new insights which will be of interest to all those who share an interest in this fascinating topic.” (Edward Newman, Professor, University of Leeds, UK)
“This is a fantastic book that offers a highly useful collection of the main instances of mass atrocities in recent times and features several scholars who are new to the field. I highly recommend for both research and teaching.” (James Pattison, Professor of Politics, The University of Manchester, UK)
“Moving beyond conceptual debates about the responsibility to protect this important collection, which includes contributions from a new cohort of Turkish R2P scholars, provides an evaluation of how it has been implemented in different contexts, including as yet underexplored cases such as Afghanistan. Sixteen years after states madea commitment to protect their populations, such reflections remain essential to enabling the atrocity prevention and response community to provide early and effective action.” (Karen Smith, Lecturer, Leiden University, the Netherlands; honorary Research Associate, the University of Cape Town, South Africa; and former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Pınar Gözen Ercan is Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at Hacettepe University, Turkey. She is Director of the 2R2Ps for Sustainable Peace Research Group. She researches and publishes intensively on R2P.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Responsibility to Protect Twenty Years On
Book Subtitle: Rhetoric and Implementation
Editors: Pinar Gözen Ercan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90731-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90730-3Published: 21 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90733-4Published: 22 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90731-0Published: 01 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 309
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Relations, Globalization