The Responsibility to Protect: Rhetoric, Reality and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention

The Notion Of A Responsibility To Protect (r2p) Has Come To Dominate Debates About Humanitarian Intervention. This Important New Book Provides A Systematic Assessment Of Its Evolution And Gives A Careful Critique Of Its Limits In Mapping Out Alternative Avenues For The Prevention Of - And Responses To - Humanitarian Crises.--publisher's Website. Rhetoric And Reality -- Part I: The Responsibility To Protect: Sound And Fury? The Evolution Of The Responsibility To Protect ; The Responsibility To Protect, Authority And International Law ; The Responsibility To Prevent: The Last Refuge Of The Unimaginative? ; Political Will And Non-intervention -- Part Ii: Beyond R2p. In Defence Of Humanitarian Intervention And The Potential Of International Law ; Understanding The Tension Between Sovereignty And Intervention ; Grasping The Nettle: The Parameters Of Viable Reform ; The Future Of Humanitarian Intervention. Aidan Hehir. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 269-294) And Index.