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LEADER: 01579cam a22002414a 4500
001 2008033229
003 DLC
005 20081028151235.0
008 080729s2008 dcua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008033229
020 $a9780815725046 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHV6322.7$b.E93 2008
082 00 $a363.34$222
100 1 $aEvans, Gareth J.,$d1944-
245 14 $aThe responsibility to protect :$bending mass atrocity crimes once and for all /$cGareth Evans.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$c2008.
300 $axvi, 349 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe problem : the recurring nightmare of mass atrocities -- The solution : from "the right to intervene" to "the responsibility to protect" -- The scope and limits of the responsibility to protect -- Before the crisis : the responsibility to prevent -- During the crisis : the responsibility to react -- Responding to crises : when is it right to fight? -- After the crisis : the responsibility to rebuild -- Institutional preparedness : the actors.
520 $a"Explains Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a new international norm to protect the peoples of the world. With real-world examples, current events analysis, and assessments from personal experience, shows how R2P is better equipped to end mass atrocity crimes than is "the right to intervene" or other "humanitarian intervention" doctrines"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aAtrocities$xPrevention.
650 0 $aGenocide$xPrevention.