The Status of Responsibility to Protect in the International Law and Whether Doctrine Advances Use of Military Force for Humanitarian Ends
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https://doi.org/10.25079/ukhjss.v7n1y2023.pp1-7Keywords:
Responsibility to Protect, R2P, International Law, Military Force, Humanitarian Intervention, United Nations, Security CouncilAbstract
This paper offers a delicate understanding of the responsibility to protect (R2P) principle and analyses the status of this significant principle within the international law. The place of the use of force is evaluated within R2P doctrine. The R2P norm and the pillars contained therein will be analysed to set out the legal responsibilities it contains towards member states and the international community, assessing the legality of the responsibilities held by states towards its population in addition to responsibilities owed by states to populations in other states and the obligation from the international community to intervene. Identifying the issues surrounding the principle of R2P in international law and the message it delivers with what it involves and what responsibilities it carries. It also illustrates the importance of the evolution of the concept, and the advances evolving around the principle including the use of military force for humanitarian ends.
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