The Antipolitical Theory of Responsibility to Protect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12960799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Brown (0000-0002-9759-9624, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 423-442 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Responsibility to Protect (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-984X • E-ISSN: 1875-9858 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1875984x-00504004 |
| OpenAlex | W2065288753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 1 |
The doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, as initially set out in the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty of 2001, is difficult to place within the usual framework of IR theories (liberal internationalist, realist or radical) or International Political Theories (communitarian, cosmopolitan). This is primarily because by framing the issue of intervention in terms of the protection of civilians, the devisers of the doctrine attempted to de-politicise the act of intervention. An examination of the ICISS Report, the UN’s World Summit Outcome Document of 2005 and the experience of the application of the doctrine to the Libyan crisis of 2011 demonstrates that this attempt has not succeeded, and that the ‘antipolitical’ nature of Responsibility to Protect is a weakness not a strength. Still, the doctrine has had considerable success in changing the terms under which intervention is discussed at the UN and elsewhere
Commission · Doctrine · Framing (construction · Human rights · Humanitarian intervention · International law · Intervention (counseling · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Sovereignty · Summit · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology
Responsibility to Protect” and the BRICS
Assessing the Responsibility to Protect’s motivational capacity
The Moral Untouchability of the Responsibility to Protect
Onwards and Sidewards? The Curious Case of the Responsibility to Protect and Mass Violence in Africa
Norm modification and the responsibility to protect
A pacifist ethos for the Responsibility to Protect
The responsibility to protect as humanitarian negotiation
The politics and morality of the responsibility to protect
Why common humanity? Framing the responsibility to protect as a common response
Framing and reframing R2P—a responsibility to protect humanity from evil
The United Kingdom’s special responsibilities at the United Nations
Is R2P still controversial? Continuity and change in the debate on ‘humanitarian intervention’
The Responsibility to Protect and the use of force
The Responsibility to Protect
Saving ourselves? On rescue and humanitarian action
Humanitarian symbolic exchange
| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 1,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |