Atrocity Crimes and International Law: Responsibility to Protect, Intercession, and Non-Forceful Responses Henderson Stacey
Atrocity Crimes and International Law: Responsibility to Protect, Intercession, and Non-Forceful Responses Henderson Stacey Despite repeated declarations of 'never again' in response to the…
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Atrocity Crimes and International Law: Responsibility to Protect, Intercession, and Non-Forceful Responses Henderson Stacey
Despite repeated declarations of 'never again' in response to the commission of atrocities, civilians have continued to be targeted by their leaders and opposition groups. This traditional legal view is being challenged by an emerging practice of States choosing to respond in non-forceful ways, inspired by the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). The international law principles of sovereignty and non-intervention, when taken at their highest, require States to stand idle and not intervene in another State regardless of what atrocities may be occurring there.
Through a close examination of State practice, the work explores whether there has been an expansion in the Drawing on R2P, this book introduces and develops an original conceptual tool -intercession -to capture and explain this change in State practice and the impact of R2P on the development of international law.