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1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Sponsored by the World Peace Foundation and the Harvard Kennedy School Program on Intrastate Conflict. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Deterring mass atrocity crimes : the cause of our era / Robert I. Rotberg -- Old crimes, new paradigms : preventing mass atrocity crimes / Dan Kuwali -- The role of the International Criminal Court / Richard J. Goldstone -- Understanding crimes against humanity in West Africa : giving the people what they want / David M. Crane -- The responsibility to protect : preventing and halting crimes against humanity / Don Hubert -- Building a norm : the responsibility to protect experience / Edward C. Luck -- Acting against atrocities : a strategy for supporters of R2P / Claire Applegarth and Andrew Block -- From prevention to response : using military force to oppose mass atrocities / Sarah Sewall -- Social networks and technology in the prevention of crimes against humanity / Sarah E. Kreps -- The use of patterns in crisis mapping to combat mass atrocity crimes / Jennifer Leaning -- Monitoring African governments' domestic media to predict and prevent mass atrocities : opportunities and obstacles / Frank Chalk. |
| Summary |
Millions of people, particularly in Africa, face daily the prospect of death at the hands of state or state-linked forces. Although officially both the United Nations and the African Union have adopted "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) principles, atrocities continue. The tenets of R2P, recently cited in a UN Outcomes Document, make it clear that states have a primary responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. When states cannotor will notprotect their citizens, however, the international community must step into the bre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Genocide -- Prevention.
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Genocide -- Prevention. |
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Crimes against humanity -- Prevention.
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Crimes against humanity -- Prevention. |
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Crimes against humanity. |
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Atrocities -- Prevention.
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Atrocities. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rotberg, Robert I.
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World Peace Foundation.
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John F. Kennedy School of Government. Program on Intrastate Conflict.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mass atrocity crimes. Cambridge, MA : World Peace Foundation : Harvard Kennedy School Program on Intrastate Conflict ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010 9780815704713 (DLC) 2010013690 (OCoLC)606053829 |
| ISBN |
9780815704867 electronic book |
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0815704860 electronic book |
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0815704712 |
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9780815704713 |
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128264162X |
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9781282641624 |
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