Humanitarian intervention and R2P

Stacey Henderson

doi:10.1163/9789004430129_019

Humanitarian intervention and R2P

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Abstract

The Rwandan genocide, which saw the international community fail to prevent or halt the slaughter of 800,000 people over a 100 day period,1 was a catalyst for significant international reform, both political and legal. Among those reforms was the development and adoption of the concept of the responsibility to protect (‘R2P’), the genesis of which is found in the tragedy of inaction by the international community when faced with impending genocide.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Rwanda Revisited
Subtitle of host publication	Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law
Editors	Phillip Drew, Bruce Oswald, Robert McLaughlin, Jeremy Farrall
Place of Publication	Leiden, Netherlands
Publisher	Brill Publishing
Chapter	17
Pages	307-324
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-90-04-43012-9
ISBN (Print)	978-90-04-42222-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004430129_019
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

genocide
politics
human rights
United nations

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