Humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect
Subtitle: who should intervene?
By: James Pattison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780199561049
Subjects: International Security; Humanitaire interventie; Humanitair oorlogsrecht; Conflict management; Humanitarian intervention; Responsibility to protect (International law)
Description: This text considers who should undertake humanitarian intervention in response to an ongoing or impending humanitarian crisis. It develops a normative account of legitimacy to assess not only current interveners, but also the desirability of potential reforms to the mechanisms and agents of humanitarian intervention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem of who should intervene; title: Humanitarian intervention and international law; title: Effectiveness and the moderate instrumentalist approach; title: An intervener's conduct : humanitarian; title: Representativeness and humanitarian intervention; title: An intervener's humanitarian credentials; title: Assessing current interveners; title: Reforms to the agents and mechanisms; title: Conclusion : realizing legitimate humanitarian intervention.