Scientific Articles
Replacing The Responsibility to Protect: The Equitable Theory of Humanitarian Intervention
Author:
Ciarán J. Burke
VU University Amsterdam, NL; European University Institute, Florence, IT
About Ciarán J.
Honours LLM graduate and currently a doctoral researcher.
Abstract
In this article, Ciarán J. Burke argues that the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ initiative has failed. Burke presents a series of fundamental flaws, both with the doctrine advanced by the ICISS, and with the subsequent attempts to incorporate it into the international legal framework. Burke opines that equity, as a source of international law, should instead be used to shed fresh light on the debate, keeping the discourse within the law and away from subjective ethics, and drafting a novel framework which he dubs ‘equitable humanitarian intervention’.
How to Cite:
Burke, C.J., 2009. Replacing The Responsibility to Protect: The Equitable Theory of Humanitarian Intervention. Amsterdam Law Forum, 1(2), pp.61–87. DOI: http://doi.org/10.37974/ALF.61
Published on
24 Jan 2009.
Peer Reviewed
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