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Politics and Governance, 2015 Observers have classified the European Union (EU) as reluctant in its implementation of the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) (Task Force on the EU Prevention of Mass Atrocities, 2013). This contribution revisits that argument by employing a more nuanced
Chiara De Franco, Annemarie Peen Rodt
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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2018 ASEAN member states represent a region that has experienced a dramatic reduction in mass atrocity crimes in the last forty years. Scholars have identified three structural explanations for this reduction: the decrease in the use of mass atrocities as a ...
David A. Frank
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Understanding Mass Atrocity Prevention during Periods of Democratic Transition
Politics and Governance, 2015 The purpose of this article is to provide a better understanding of why some countries experience mass atrocities during periods of democratic transition, while others do not.
Stephen McLoughlin
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Germany’s Politics and Bureaucracy for Preventing Atrocities
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2018 As of June 2017, this is official German government policy, adopted by the federal cabinet as the highest executive organ in its “Guidelines on Preventing Crises, Resolving Conflicts, Building Peace.” Compared to earlier policy documents, the ambition ...
Sarah Brockmeier, Philipp Rotmann
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National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2018 The field of atrocity crimes prevention has witnessed a trend over the previous three to four years in which states around the world are employing a new approach to the development and implementation of preventive policies.
Samantha Capicotto, Rob Scharf
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The Viability of the “Responsibility to Prevent”
Politics and Governance, 2015 The efficacy of the Responsibility to Prevent suffers from two key problems; causal indeterminacy, and a dependence on the political will of states, particularly the permanent five members of the Security Council.
Aidan Hehir
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Moving Upstream and Going Local: The Responsibility to Protect Ten Years Later
Politics and Governance, 2015 Ten years ago the international community pledged to protect civilians from genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by endorsing the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine.
Bridget Moix
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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2018 The present article aims to confront the Swiss practice regarding the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities in Swiss foreign policy and its particularities shaping its international relations.
Giulia Persoz
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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2018 In September 2013, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon adopted the Human Rights Up Front (HRUF) initiative and communicated his decision in a letter to staff in November through a recommitment, on behalf of the senior leadership and all staff, to uphold the ...
Ekkehard Strauss
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R2P’s “Ulterior Motive Exemption” and the Failure to Protect in Libya
Politics and Governance, 2015 Mass atrocity prevention has been controversial, both when members of the international community have taken action as well as when they have failed to do so.
Jeffrey Bachman
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