The responsibility to protect: Lessons from Libya and Syria

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Barker, JC (2016). The responsibility to protect: Lessons from Libya and Syria. in: The Liberal Way of War: Legal Perspectives Abingdon Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). pp. 63-85
AuthorsBarker, JC
Abstract

The concept of responsibility to protect is the latest manifestation of a post-Cold War process of liberal interventionism that includes failed States discourse, the development (and demise?) of humanitarian intervention and the introduction of the ‘new’ paradigm of responsibility to protect. Responsibility to protect has apparently reached the stage of implementation, but its use in Libya and Syria in 2011 and 2012 have left many questions unanswered. This chapter seeks to examine the genealogy of the concept and its failings in relation to both Libya and Syria with a view to encouraging its further development going forward.

Page range63-85
Year2016
Book titleThe Liberal Way of War: Legal Perspectives
PublisherRoutledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
Place of publicationAbingdon
ISBN9781409467397
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Print03 Mar 2016
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Deposited24 Nov 2020
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