Bellamy, Alex J.

Responsibility to protect : the global effort to end mass atrocities Alex J. Bellamy - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2009. - xiv, 249 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Sovereignty and human rights -- The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty -- The 2005 World Summit -- Prevention -- Reaction -- Rebuilding.

This work charts the emergence of the international principle of 'Responsibility to Protect', from its origins in a doctrine of sovereignty as responsibility through debates about the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention and the findings of a prominent international commission.

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Humanitarian intervention
International relations
Humanitarian intervention--Moral and ethical aspects
International relations--Moral and ethical aspects
Peace-building--International cooperation

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