Some key milestones in this progression have been the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the four Geneva Conventions and the two Additional Protocols on international humanitarian law in armed conflict; the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; the two 1966 Covenants relating to civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights; and the adoption in 199 [...] The building blocks of the argument are first, the principles inherent in the concept of sovereignty; and secondly, the impact of emerging principles of human rights and human security, and changing state and intergovernmental practice. [...] A NEW APPROACH: “THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT” 13 The Organizing Principle of the UN System 2.11 Membership of the United Nations was the final symbol of independent sovereign statehood and thus the seal of acceptance into the community of nations. [...] The degree of legitimacy accorded to intervention will usually turn on the answers to such questions as the purpose, the means, the exhaustion of other avenues of redress against grievances, the pro- portionality of the riposte to the initiating provocation, and the agency of authorization. [...] One of the principal strengths is the special mandate provided to the Secretary-General under Article 99 of the UN Charter to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter that in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of inter- national peace and security.” The Secretariat possesses, in other words, a formidable capacity to alert the world of impending conflicts, either loudly or d
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- At head of title: ICISS Accompanied by supplementary volume entitled: Research, bibliography, background (xiv, 410 p.) Issued also in French under title: La responsabilité de protéger December 2001 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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Table of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
- FOREWORD 8
- SYNOPSIS 12
- 1. THE POLICY CHALLENGE 16
- The Intervention Dilemma 16
- The Changing International Environment 18
- The Implications for State Sovereignty 22
- The Meaning of Intervention 23
- 2. A NEW APPROACH: “THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT” 26
- The Meaning of Sovereignty 27
- Human Rights, Human Security and Emerging Practice 29
- Shifting the Terms of the Debate 31
- 3. THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PREVENT 34
- A Commitment to Prevention 34
- Early Warning and Analysis 36
- Root Cause Prevention Efforts 37
- Direct Prevention Efforts 38
- 4. THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REACT 44
- Measures Short of Military Action 44
- The Decision to Intervene 46
- Threshold Criteria: Just Cause 47
- Other Precautionary Criteria 50
- 5. THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REBUILD 54
- Post-Intervention Obligations 54
- Administration under UN Authority 58
- Local Ownership and the Limits to Occupation 59
- 6. THE QUESTION OF AUTHORITY 62
- Sources of Authority under the UN Charter 62
- The Security Council’s Role – and Responsibility 64
- When the Security Council Fails to Act 68
- 7. THE OPERATIONAL DIMENSION 72
- Preventive Operations 72
- Planning for Military Intervention 73
- Carrying Out Military Intervention 76
- Following Up Military Intervention 79
- A Doctrine For Human Protection Operations 81
- 8. THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: THE WAY FORWARD 84
- From Analysis to Action 84
- Mobilizing Domestic Political Will 85
- Mobilizing International Political Will 87
- Next Steps 88
- Meeting the Challenge 90
- APPENDIX A: MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION 92
- APPENDIX B: HOW THE COMMISSION WORKED 96
- INDEX 102
- A 102
- B 102
- C 102
- D 102
- E 102
- F 103
- G 103
- H 103
- I 103
- J 103
- K 103
- L 103
- M 104
- N 104
- O 104
- P 104
- R 104
- S 105
- T 105
- U 105
- V 106
- W 106
- Y 106
- Z 106
