Humanitarian intervention : ideas in action / Thomas G. Weiss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2007Description: xvii, 196 pISBN:
  • 9780745640228 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Summary: The idea of the responsibility of the international community to protect people suffering in conflicts has rapidly gained acceptance, however this is rarely matched by the capacity or political will to intevene. "This book is about the need to override state sovereignty and rescue suffering civilians who live in a state that is unable or unwilling to protect and succour them" (author's introduction).
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Book Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah - Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies Library On-Shelf 363.34 WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 26472-2001

The idea of the responsibility of the international community to protect people suffering in conflicts has rapidly gained acceptance, however this is rarely matched by the capacity or political will to intevene. "This book is about the need to override state sovereignty and rescue suffering civilians who live in a state that is unable or unwilling to protect and succour them" (author's introduction).

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