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Author Kuwali, Dan.

Title The Responsibility to Protect : Implementation of Article 4(h) Intervention.

Publication Info. Leiden : BRILL, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (552 pages).
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Series The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library
Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library.
Contents Acknowledgements; Glossary of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Introduction; I. Approach and Theoretical Framework of the Study; A. Purpose and Subject Matter of the Inquiry; B. Conceptual Background and Problem Statement; C. Research Questions; II. Preliminary Considerations; A. The Congruence of Article 4(h) Intervention and R2P; B. Humanitarian Intervention and the Problems of Definition; C. Is Article 4(h) Enforcement Action by Consent?; D. The Question Whether Article 4(h) is a Codification of a Regional Custom?; E. Article 4(h) as Erga Omnes Contractantes for Jus Cogens Crimes.
F. The Issue of "Illegal but Legitimate" Approach in International LawIII. Methodology and Materials; A. Method of Inquiry; B. Sources and Materials; C. Significance of the Study; D. Limitation of the Study; IV. Disposition; Part One: The Question of Treaty-Based Intervention; 1 The End of Humanitarian Intervention:Article 4(h) Intervention; 1.1. Introduction; 1.1.1. Historical Background of International Intervention; 1.1.2. The Tension between "Humanitarian Intervention" and StateSovereignty; 1.2. The Traditional Position towards Non-intervention in Africa.
1.3. Sovereignty or Survival? -- Rethinking State Sovereignty in Africa1.4. The Genesis and Metamorphosis of the AU's Right to Intervene; 1.4.1. The Influence of the UN on State Practice towards Non-Indifference in Africa; 1.4.2. Intervention by Invitation: Intervention within Sub-RegionalOrganisations; 1.4.3. The Rationale for Article 4(h) as Discerned from Practice ofAfrican States; 1.4.4. The Turning Point from Non-Interference to Non-Indifference; 1.5. Institutional Framework for Deciding on Article 4(h) Intervention; 1.6. Whither Article 4(h)? -- Supranational Statutory Intervention.
1.6.1. Sovereignty as a Responsibility:The Duality of the Responsibility to Protect1.6.2. Mass Atrocity Crimes: Conditions Triggering Article 4(h); 1.7. Why Article 4(h) May Gain Weight in International Law?; 1.7.1. The International Community's Acceptance of the"Responsibility to Protect"; 1.7.2. The Room for Enforcement by Consent under the UN Charter; 1.7.3. The Inconsistency of the UN Security Council to Discharge ItsResponsibility; 1.7.4. The AU's Right to Intervene is a Pro-Sovereignty Doctrine; 1.8. Summary: Article 4(h) is Statutory (not Humanitarian) Intervention.
2 Authorised Authorisation?The Question of Enforcement by Consent2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Prohibition of the Use of Force under Article 2(4) of theUN Charter; 2.2.1. Intervention Not Against "Territorial Integrity" nor"Political Independence"; 2.2.2. Is the Use of Force to Protect Human Rights Forbidden Intervention?; 2.2.3. The "Domestic Jurisdiction Clause" under Article 2(7) of the UNCharter; 2.2.3. Is Article 4(h) Lawful Means under Article 41(1) ARSIWA?; 2.2.4. Can the AU Right of Intervention be Justified as Necessity?
Note 2.2.5. Can Consent Preclude Wrongfulness of Unilateral Article (4h)Intervention?
Summary This book explores the scope and limits of Article 4(h) of the African Union Constitutive Act (AU Act). The goal is to generate new thinking on, and contribute a fresh legal approach to, the implementation of the right to intervene under Article 4 (h) of the AU Act in the face of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Subject African Union. Constitutive Act of the African Union.
African Union.
Constitutive Act of the African Union (African Union)
Responsibility to protect (International law) -- Africa.
Responsibility to protect (International law)
Africa.
Intervention (International law)
Intervention (International law)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kuwali, Dan. Responsibility to Protect : Implementation of Article 4(h) Intervention. Leiden : BRILL, ©2010 9789004191716
ISBN 9789004215962 (electronic book)
9004215964 (electronic book)