Humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect: who should intervene?

The problem of who should intervene -- Humanitarian intervention and international law -- Effectiveness and the moderate instrumentalist approach -- An intervener's conduct : humanitarian -- Representativeness and humanitarian intervention -- An intervener's humanitarian credentials -- Assessing current interveners -- Reforms to the agents and mechanisms -- Conclusion : realizing legitimate humanitarian intervention

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

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.

This book considers who should undertake humanitarian intervention in response to an ongoing or impending humanitarian crisis, such as found in Rwanda in early 1994, Kosovo in 1999, and Darfur more recently. The doctrine of the responsibility to protect asserts that when a state is failing to uphold its citizens' human rights, the international community has a responsibility to protect these citizens, including by undertaking humanitarian intervention. It is unclear, however, whichparticular agent should be tasked with this responsibility. Should we prefer intervention by the UN, NATO, a regio

The problem of who should intervene -- Humanitarian intervention and international law -- Effectiveness and the moderate instrumentalist approach -- An intervener's conduct : humanitarian -- Representativeness and humanitarian intervention -- An intervener's humanitarian credentials -- Assessing current interveners -- Reforms to the agents and mechanisms -- Conclusion : realizing legitimate humanitarian intervention