Towards Normative Consensus on Responsibility to Protect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14970801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Chataway (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 193-224 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2007.10854588 |
| OpenAlex | W1972216882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
Responsibility to protect (R2P) is a concept advanced by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, and the theme of The Responsibility to Protect Report (2001).1 It is based on the argument that states, and failing them the international community, have the responsibility to protect the human dignity and rights of people everywhere. The incremental normative consensus attained by the R2P concept is revealed by paras 138-39 in the Outcome Statement of the UN 2005 General Assembly Summit, and is reaffirmed in UN Security Council Resolution 1674. Security Council Resolution 1706 called for the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Darfur by applying, for the first time, the R2P principle to a particular context. This essay begins by outlining the background to the R2P norm. Second, the etymology of R2P is addressed. Third, a life-cycle analysis contextualises R2P as an emerging international norm. Fourth, the crucial role played by civil society organisations is outlined. Finally, the operationalisation of the R2P norm is discussed with respect to the Darfur humanitarian tragedy. In the light of this and past conscience-shocking mass human rights violations, our common humanity demands that the R2P's three key elements should prevail over statist values and interests. Ultimately, state practice will enable the ripening of R2P into a rule of customary international law and an effective instrument for the protection of human dignity and rights
Crimes against humanity · Dignity · Human rights · Humanitarian intervention · International law · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Sovereignty · War crime · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · International Law and Human Rights · Law
Humanitarian Intervention
Customary International Humanitarian Law
The Purpose of Intervention
Perpetual Peace
Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence
The Power of Human Rights
The Martens Clause in International Law
Conference Papers
The concept of international law
Fragmentation of International Law? Postmodern Anxieties
When is it Right to Fight
The humanitarian transformation
The Martens Clause, Principles of Humanity, and Dictates of Public Conscience
Responsibility to Protect
A Duty to Prevent
Between Facts and Norms
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |