1st Edition
Strengthening the Responsibility to Protect A Transitional Cosmopolitan Approach
By Richard Illingworth
Copyright 2024
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides a systematic analysis of reform measures aimed at strengthening the implementation of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) doctrine, utilising a cosmopolitan lens.
In 2005, member states of the United Nations (UN) accepted a ‘Responsibility to Protect’ against four mass atrocity crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing. Despite this... Read more
1. Introduction: The Responsibility to Protect and the Necessity of Reform
2. What Cosmopolitanism Demands of the Responsibility to Protect
3. The R2P: A Faltering Cosmopolitan Aspiration
4. A Transitional Cosmopolitan Approach to R2P Reform
5. Ending UNSC Paralysis: Responsible Veto Restraint
6. Overcoming the Authority Dilemma: Uniting for Peace Through the UN General Assembly
7. Holding States to Account: An R2P Commission
8. Conclusion: The R2P - Let’s Stay Critical Friends
Biography
Richard Illingworth is a researcher working at the European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Leeds (UK) and has a PhD in Politics and International Studies.
