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Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect : politics, ethnicity and genocide

Kingsbury, Damien 2011, Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect : politics, ethnicity and genocide Routledge, London, England.


Title Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect : politics, ethnicity and genocide
Author(s) Kingsbury, Damien
Publication date 2011
Series Asian Security Studies
Total pages 183 p.
Publisher Routledge
Place of Publication London, England
Summary This book provides a study of the war by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to create a separate state in Sri Lanka. It examines the ways in which this war should, in principle, have invoked ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principles, as well as the political, legal and practical problems involved and, ultimately, why the international community failed to act.

Over the years there have been several events, including those in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Darfur, and Kosovo, that have led the international community to accept a responsibility to protect. However, despite its overwhelming preliminary endorsement, the principles of this concept are still not universally sanctioned and there are some strong international opponents, including some countries that were initial signatories of the convention.

By considering the example of Sri Lanka, the text focuses on what conditions could satisfy or demand the application of responsibility to protect. It further presents a case as to why this conflict was, and may still be, the normative responsibility of the international community.

Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect will be of great interest to students of South-East Asian politics, human rights, international law, ethnic conflict, security studies and IR in general.
ISBN 9780415588843
9780203804346
Language eng
Field of Research 160606 Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
Socio Economic Objective 940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category A1 Books - authored - research
HERDC collection year 2011
Copyright notice ©2012, Routledge
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045006

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