The Responsibility to Protect Twenty Years On

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.

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

Auteur
Pinar 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.

Contenu
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Sovereignty Redefined: The Promise and Practice of R2P.- Chapter 3. Darfur: R2P and Dilemmas of Implementation.- Chapter 4. Kenya and Guinea: Preventive Strategies in R2P.- Chapter 5. Boko Haram in Nigeria: R2P and NonState Armed Groups.- Chapter 6. Côte D'Ivoire: A Timely and Decisive R2P Action?.- Chapter 7. Libya and Syria: The Protection of Refugees and R2P.- Chapter 8. Gaza: R2P and Selective Implementation.- Chapter 9. The Forsaken War in Yemen: R2P as Mere Rhetoric? .- Chapter 10.Afghanistan: An R2P concern?.- Chapter 11. The Rohingya of Myanmar: International Criminal Justice, Accountability and R2P.- Chapter 12. Three Evils of Xinjiang: Suppression, Violent Separatism and R2P.- Chapter 13. Venezuela: An R2P Impasse?.- Chapter 14. R2P at Twenty: A Shared Responsibility?.