International Authority and the Responsibility to Protect

Orford, Anne (University of Melbourne)

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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The idea that states and the international community have a responsibility to protect populations has shaped debates about conflict prevention, humanitarian action, peacekeeping and territorial administration since 2001. This book offers a history, from Hobbes to the UN, of attempts to ground authority on the capacity to guarantee protection.

ISBN-13
9780521186384
ISBN-10
0521186382
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
Publication date
2011-01-20
Pages
246
Dimensions
225x156x12
Weight
412