Title: Responsibility to Protect:A Theoretical Study of the Western Humanitarian Intervention after the Cold War
Abstract:The Responsibility to Protect(RTP) has become a guiding principle for the western countries to intervene in the humanitarian crisis.It emphasizes that sovereignty implies the responsibility of a state...The Responsibility to Protect(RTP) has become a guiding principle for the western countries to intervene in the humanitarian crisis.It emphasizes that sovereignty implies the responsibility of a state to protect its citizens against severe humanitarian crimes and that it is the responsibility of the international society to provide such protection if a state is not willing or unable to do so.RTP also attempts to establish an international consensus about humanitarian intervention and to define the roles and powers of the western countries in the new humanitarian order.However,founded on the principle of humanitarian intervention,it is impossible for RTP to escape the established pattern of power politics,with some western countries trying to disregard the authorization of the UN Security Council and the acceptance by the states involved.In conclusion,RTP has not yet become a universally accepted international norm.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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