POLI 362 Chapter : POLI 362 - Responsibility to Protect

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 362
• Professor: Catherine Lu

Document Summary

Basic principles: state sovereignty implies responsibility; primary r2p lies with the state itself, when a population suffers serious harm and the state is unwilling or unable to halt or avert it, r2p reverts to the international realm. Foundations: obligations inherent in the concept of sovereignty, responsibility of sc to maintain international peace and security, international and domestic legal obligations for human rights. Elements: responsibility to prevent: address root and direct causes of conflict, responsibility to react: respond to situations with appropriate measures, military in extreme cases, responsibility to rebuild: provide, particularly after military intervention, Full assistance with recovery, reconstruction and reconciliation, addressing the causes of the harm the intervention was designed to halt or avert" Priorities: prevention options should always be exhausted before intervention contemplated, always consider less intrusive measures before applying intrusive ones. Right authority authority lies in the un sc.