Liberal Democracies and the Responsibility to Protect
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Under the Responsibility to Protect, states agree to use ‘diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means’ to help protect populations – often refugees – from mass atrocities when the state is ‘manifestly failing’ to do so. Through an analysis of official discourse, as well as interviews with government officials and civil society representatives, this book examines how the Responsibility to Protect articulated by the UK and US governments was understood in the case of Syria. As the book demonstrates, the aspirations relied upon in the advocacy of the Responsibility to Protect are in constant tension with states’ conceptual understandings and practice of this norm. As the Syrian case indicates – and in a way that the book maintains as more generally representative – the Responsibility to Protect is routinely interpreted and modified in ways that effectively limit both its meaning and its implementation. In conclusion, the book’s analysis contributes to realising a more coherent government policy on atrocity prevention and response that does not undermine humanitarian protection and international consensus on the Responsibility to Protect.
This book will appeal to scholars, research students, practitioners, and policymakers in the areas of international law, human rights, international relations, peace and conflict studies, and refugee studies.
Chloë McRae Gilgan is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Lincoln. She holds a JD from New York Law School, a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and an ESRC-funded PhD from the University of York. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 2009 and previously worked in public interest law and immigration before entering academia. Her research bridges international human rights law, politics, international relations, and refugee studies, focusing on the intersection of R2P and refugee law and the gaps in protection for those fleeing mass atrocities. Her research has been published widely and presented globally.
1. Introduction 2. Understanding State Behaviour 3. Resettlement as ‘Humanitarian’ and ‘Other Peaceful Means’ under R2P 4. The International Response to Syria and Syrian Refugees, 2014-2016 5. Localising R2P in the UK Government 6. Localising R2P in the US Government 7. Localising R2P in Civil Society 8. Feedback Effects, Lessons Learned, and Moving Forward 9. Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2026 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-24119-4 / 1041241194 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-24119-5 / 9781041241195 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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