1st Edition

ASEAN and the Responsibility to Protect An Ambivalent Relationship

By Thida Chanthima Neth Copyright 2025
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

This book adopts a sociolegal and interdisciplinary approach to examine how the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has been understood within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Historically, the international community has struggled to effectively address humanitarian crises worldwide. The concept of the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) has emerged over the past two decades as a... Read more

1: Introduction  2: The Emergence of R2P in International Law  3: The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations  4: The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’  5: ASEAN and the East Timor Crisis  6: ASEAN and the Rohingya Crisis  7: ASEAN and West Papua  8: The Assosication of the Southeast Asian Nations and China 9: Conclusions

Biography

Thida Chanthima Neth holds a PhD in Public International Law from City University, London, UK, and is a Strategic Advisor at the Asian Vision Institute, Cambodia.