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Decoloniality, dewesternisation, and the Responsibility to Protect

European Journal of International Security
The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has been shaped by advocacy from states in the Global South. How should the impacts of this advocacy be understood?
Robin Dunford
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A Poggean Reform Agenda for Improving Political Will in Response to Mass Atrocities

Politics in Central Europe, 2018
Like other types of humanitarian intervention before it, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has suffered in practice from a pervasive lack of political will.
Lea-Henry Jed
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Psychic Numbing and Mass Atrocity [PDF]

, 2018
17 pages ; The 20th Century is often said to be the bloodiest century in recorded history. In addition to its wars, the century witnessed many grave and widespread human rights abuses. But what stands out in historical accounts of those abuses, perhaps even more than the cruelty of their perpetration, is the inaction of bystanders.
Slovic, Paul, Zoints, David, Woods, Andrew K., Goodman, Ryan, Jinks, Derek   +4 more
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The question of ethics [PDF]

, 2016
In 2015, Dr Denisa Kostovicova was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship that has allowed her to delve deep into the merits and limitations of a regional approach to transitional justice in the Balkans.
Kostovicova, Denisa
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Introduction to the Compositae of the North American Prairie planting at Wakehurst Place ‐ part 2

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary A further eight plant portraits are provided of additional Compositae amongst the North American Prairie plantings at Wakehurst, West Sussex. Three tribes are represented amongst the portraits, the Astereae (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, Heterotheca camporum), Heliantheae (Echinacea simulata, E.
Nicholas Hind
wiley   +1 more source

Why the United Nations Underperforms at Preventing Mass Atrocities

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2018
If the United Nations always succeeded or never succeeded in preventing atrocity crimes, then there would be no point in trying to improve its performance. Instead, its track record has been remarkably uneven.
Edward C. Luck
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Mass Atrocities, Retributivism, and the Threshold Challenge [PDF]

Res Publica, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to direct attention to a challenge—referred to as the threshold challenge—facing a non-absolutist retributivist view on international criminal justice. It is argued, on the one hand, that this challenge constitutes a practically pertinent problem for the retributivist approach to the punishment of mass crimes and, on the ...
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

Poland’s Aid to Ukraine Through the Lens of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Stosunki Międzynarodowe
This article analyzes Poland’s multifaceted response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine through the lens of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine.
Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala
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