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The R2P Myth : Comments

By Tim Pascoe, published 22/11/2013

Responsibility to Protect is a problematic principle as it may provide the pretext to justify politically motivated interventions that threaten to erode the positivism of international law and the principles of state sovereignty.

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"The mythical R2P beast, with the head of a howler monkey and the legs of a newborn giraffe, is perceived to exist in two forms."

LOL. Great stuff.
Posted by Jardine K. Jardine, Friday, 22 November 2013 2:14:29 PM
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<<the United Nations Charter and can be understood simply as enforcement action to "maintain international peace and security".

However, in 1992 the Security Council declared that instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields could be considered a threat to international peace and thus subject to Chapter VII provisions.>>

The creeping extension of UN power,ay! Those additional powers will come back to bite us.
Posted by SPQR, Saturday, 23 November 2013 6:28:06 AM
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