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dc.contributor.authorBellamy, Alex J
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Sara E
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:28:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:28:48Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-08-26T07:37:12Z
dc.identifier.issn0967-0106
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0967010609349907
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30948
dc.description.abstractIn 2005, governments around the world unanimously agreed to the principle of the responsibility to protect (R2P), which holds that all states have a responsibility to protect their populations from genocide and mass atrocities, that the international community should assist them to fulfil this duty, and that the international community should take timely and decisive measures to protect populations from such crimes when their host state fails to do so. Progressing R2P from words to deeds requires international consensus about the principle's meaning and scope. To achieve a global consensus on this, we need to better understand the position of governments around the world, including in the Asia-Pacific region, which has long been associated with an enduring commitment to a traditional concept of sovereignty.The present article contributes to such an endeavour through its three sections. The first part charts the nature of the international consensus on R2P and examines the UN secretary-general's approach. The second looks in detail at the positions of the Asia-Pacific region's governments on the R2P principle. The final part explores the way forward for progressing the R2P principle in the Asia-Pacific region.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom547
dc.relation.ispartofpageto574
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSecurity Dialogue
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440808
dc.titleThe responsibility to protect in the Asia-Pacific region
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDavies, Sara E.


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