Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation

Abstract

In the aftermath of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda, in 2005 the General Assembly of the United Nations established an initiative known as the responsibility to protect (R2P). The R2P concept departs from traditional principles of international relations regarding the protection of national sovereignty, stating that sovereignty is not a right but a responsibility. R2P argues that when a regime commits war crimes and crimes against humanity, it forfeits its sovereignty, and the international community then has the right, indeed the responsibility to take necessary measures to protect civilians and prevent further crimes against them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1042474

Entities

People

  • Radwan Ziadeh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Weapons
  • Civil War
  • Correctional Facilities
  • Crime
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Humanities
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Judicial Process
  • Judiciary
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Supreme Court
  • United Nations

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution