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The people vs. the state : reflections on UN authority, US power and the responsibility to protect /
Professor Ramesh Thakur, former Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University and UN Assistant Secretary-General, is sometimes described as one of the intellectual godfathers of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Based in our common humanity, R2P is an acceptance of a duty of care by those l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tokyo ; New York :
United Nations University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Professor Ramesh Thakur, former Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University and UN Assistant Secretary-General, is sometimes described as one of the intellectual godfathers of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Based in our common humanity, R2P is an acceptance of a duty of care by those living in safety towards those trapped in zones of danger. It aims to convert a shocked international conscience into timely and decisive collective action to rescue vulnerable communities so that groups condemned to die in fear can live in hope instead. For more than a decade, Thakur has been deeply. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789280871760 9280871765 |