Conceptualising Mass Atrocity Prevention, Nonviolent Resistance, and Politically Feasible Alternatives [PDF]
, 2018 I present an account of mass atrocity prevention based on just war theory precepts. This account entails comparisons among policy options and requires selecting the politically feasible option that has the greatest chance of avoiding atrocities. Adopting
Aloyo, E.T.
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Atrocity prevention in practice: Studying the role of Southeast Asian women in atrocity prevention
, 2020 The prevention of atrocities is the primary goal of the R2P principle. It is widely recognized that R2P is best implemented in ways that build upon existing sources of national resilience and empower populations at risk.
Davies, SE
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Expanding the ranks of atrocity prevention: bringing a prevention lens to professional graduate education [PDF]
, 2021 Expanding the Ranks of Atrocity Prevention Actors asks readers to imagine a world in which all professionals are instilled with the value of their responsibility to prevent mass atrocities and equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively ...
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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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Preventing Mass Atrocities: Ideological Strategies and Interventions
Politics and Governance, 2015 Both scholars and international actors frequently stress the important role played by anti-civilian ideologies in escalating risks of mass atrocities against civilians. Yet strategies to combat and counter anti-civilian ideologies remain an uncertain and
Jonathan Leader Maynard
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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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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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