After a decade of political oppression by Serbia in Kosovo, years of underground activities in Kosovo against Serbian rule, and months of armed confrontations between Serbian and Kosovo Albanian troops, NATO decided, in the spring of 1999, to intervene and force Serbian troops out of Kosovo. On June 12, 1999, United Nations Council Resolution 1244 released Kosovo from Belgrades rule by transferring the control of Kosovo to the United Nations as a UN protectorate - the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). This was the largest UN mission in history.
This book explores...
After a decade of political oppression by Serbia in Kosovo, years of underground activities in Kosovo against Serbian rule, and months of ar...
This study tests the assumption that political regimes have uniform structures, which is central in the research on political regimes. The various analyses undertaken in the study are based on the concept of regime heterogeneity, which refers to the degree of institutional variation in political regimes. This concept is introduced in this book and opens the way to the possibility that political regimes may be more or less uniform in their structure. Furthermore, the study provides empirical support for the alternative assumption that political regimes may have institutional...
This study tests the assumption that political regimes have uniform structures, which is central in the research on political regimes. The various ...
If governments and policymakers agree on the principles of responsibility to protect (R2P), then why do they continue to ignore them and deal with violations of human rights ineffectively? Responsibility to Protect and Prevent: Principles, Promises and Practicalities explores the evolution of R2P, a principle which according to its supporters has evolved into a new type of responsive norm for how the international community should react to serious and deliberate human rights violations. Arguing that the R2P ethos has been misunderstood and used ineffectively, this work defends the validity...
If governments and policymakers agree on the principles of responsibility to protect (R2P), then why do they continue to ignore them and deal with ...
If governments and policymakers agree on the principles of responsibility to protect (R2P), then why do they continue to ignore them and deal with violations of human rights ineffectively? Responsibility to Protect and Prevent: Principles, Promises and Practicalities explores the evolution of R2P, a principle which according to its supporters has evolved into a new type of responsive norm for how the international community should react to serious and deliberate human rights violations. Arguing that the R2P ethos has been misunderstood and used ineffectively, this work defends the validity...
If governments and policymakers agree on the principles of responsibility to protect (R2P), then why do they continue to ignore them and deal with ...
This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
With a focus on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the volume examines what formal responsibility and actual capability international institutions have to protect and prevent civilians from systematic mass atrocities and presents an analysis of several prominent international organizations (IOs). Each chapter focuses on a specific organization and explores their formal responsibilities and how these pertain to the obligations of the...
This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
This book seeks to understand the obligations of the international community to promote and protect state and human security in situations of international humanitarian crises.
In Iraq and Syria, as well as in neighbouring states, the rise of ISIL has raised serious state and human security challenges. This study explores the relationships between the Global-Regional Partnership, the United Nations and nine organizations in their attempt to deal with the challenges presented by ISIL. Each organization is analyzed in terms of how it has responded in the past and how it is now responding...
This book seeks to understand the obligations of the international community to promote and protect state and human security in situations of inter...
