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Humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Published
2010
  • International Security
  • Humanitaire interventie
  • Humanitair oorlogsrecht
  • Conflict management
  • Humanitarian intervention
  • Security, international
  • Intervention (international law)

This text considers who should undertake humanitarian intervention in response to an ongoing or impending humanitarian crisis. It develops a normative account of legitimacy to assess not only current interveners, but also the desirability of potential reforms to the mechanisms and agents of humanitarian intervention.