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India and the responsibility to protect

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  • Bjørn Møller

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‘Responsibility to protect’ (R2P) is an ‘emerging norm’ of international relations, which has been invoked with the intervention in Libya in 2011. Even though this intervention was demanded by several Third World countries and organisations, these have subsequently had second thoughts about the matter and have come to regard R2P as Western neo-imperialism. This article seeks to explain this apparent paradox, with a special focus on India. It also identifies possible compromises by advocating a broader approach to R2P, stressing the responsibility to prevent and to rebuild. It also draws attention to ‘R2P lite’, including the protection of civilians in armed conflicts.

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  • Bjørn Møller, 2017. "India and the responsibility to protect," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(8), pages 1921-1934, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:38:y:2017:i:8:p:1921-1934
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1282312
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