Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-442) and index.
Contents:
An integrated framework for atrocity crime prevention / Serena K. Sharma and Jennifre M. Welsh. Institutional capacities of the United Nations to prevent and halt atrocity crimes / Ekkehard Strauss -- National focal points for R2P : institutionalizing the responsibility to prevent / MoĢnica Serrano -- Mediation and sanctions : applying conflict prevention tools in atrocity crime settings / Jennifer M. Welsh -- The international criminal court and the prevention of crimes / Dan Saxon -- Military options for preventing atrocity crimes / Sarah Sewall -- Combating atrocity-justifying ideologies / Jonathan Leader Maynard -- The possibilities for preventive deployment : the case of Macedonia / Abiodun Williams -- The responsibility to prevent atrocity crimes : drawing lessons from international intervention in Burundi / Walter Lotze and Alexandra Martins -- The 2007-8 post-election crisis in Kenya : a case of escalation prevention / Serena K. Sharma -- Guinea : an overlooked case of the responsibility to prevent in practice / Naomi Kikoler -- Libya and the prevention of atrocity crimes : a 'controversial success' / Ruben Reike -- Conclusion: An integrated framework for atrocity crime prevention / Serena K. Sharma and Jennifre M. Welsh.
Summary:
Examines ways to operationalize the responsibility to prevent genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing. Develops a strategic framework to identify the appropriate scope and substance of preventive dimensions and the tools that can be used to prevent escalation such as sanctions, mediation, international criminal justice, and military intervention.
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