Opinion Articles
Once Again Never Again?
Author:
Thomas G. Weiss
The CUNY Graduate Center, US
About Thomas G.
Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, which is home to the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
Abstract
Thomas G. Weiss argues that the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Report is a “culmination of a long effort to inscribe the pledge of “never again” in law and practice”. Striking a positive note, and advocating more outright adoption of the Report’s principles, Weiss concedes that there is a long road ahead, citing Zimbabwe as an example of a setting where exterior pressure is desperately needed to prevent atrocities.
Published on
24 Jan 2009.
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