Through a detailed study of the international engagement with darfur, i suggest that the latter two arguments have merit but need to. Understanding rtop in 2001, the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty iciss released the responsibility to protect report, which redefined collective security by introducing a concept of shared responsibility. After the war in iraq, is it feasible to invoke the responsibility to protect doctrine to protect civilians from isis. I seem to remember james baker saying in 1990 that the reason we were sending troops to saudi arabia was because of oil, oil. The conflict made an instant catchphrase out of responsibility to protect and its inevitable clunky acronym, r2p a doctrine adopted by the united nations in 2005 and invoked for the. Selecting a new strategy for iraq and syria ben connable, natasha lander, and kimberly jackson rand.
R2p application from different prospective, as the iraq war of 2003 was an illegal. United nations press release responsibility to protect. From humanitarian intervention to preemptive war 4. A timely and decisive application of this doctrine in iraq will become an example from where r2p will derive its legal normative character which can be further applied. The use of humanitarian justifications for the iraq war clearly has implications for the responsibility to protect r2p movement, which has gained prominence since the december 2001 publication of the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty iciss report. What iraq, syria interventions can teach us about the responsibility to protect success is not assured by any principle for intervention. Before the 2003 iraq war, the political leadership of the united states and united kingdom had to sell the case for war to their people and the world. He is currently a ferris professor of journalism at princeton university.
The week of the 15th anniversary of the iraq war is ending. According to this, the concept of r2p contains three consecutive elements. Iraq is an opportunity, if not a necessity, before the world to revisit and apply the doctrine of r2p as successful means to protect the citizens, all across the troubled lands. The responsibility to protect people facing mass atrocities should not be reduced to military action. Or is humanitarian intervention perceived as a trojan horse used by the powerful to. A decade of the war on terror and the responsibility to protect. There are many nonmilitary steps, from sanctions to prosecutions, that the international. Since that time, other governments, international officials, academics and civil society organizations have taken up the responsibility to. From inauspicious beginnings, the principle was endorsed by the general assembly in 2005 and unanimously reaffirmed by the security council in 2006 resolution 1674. In his own words, if the responsibility to protect means anything, if our moral. Humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect. Does the uns responsibility to protect necessitate an.
This book offers a novel and contemporary examination of the responsibility to protect r2p doctrine from an international legal perspective and analyses how the doctrine was applied within the libyan and syrian conflicts as two recent and highly significant r2p cases. The responsibility to protect is buried in iraq fpif. Populations at risk global centre for the responsibility to protect beating the islamic state. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the. Responsibility to protect and its applicability in libya and syria erfaun norooz abstract. Sep 24, 2014 at the emergency debate in the house of commons last week, on sept. Apr 20, 2015 iraq is an opportunity, if not a necessity, before the world to revisit and apply the doctrine of r2p as successful means to protect the citizens, all across the troubled lands. Uses, abuses and consequences for the future of humanitarian intervention before the 2003. Uses, abuses and consequences for the future of humanitarian intervention, journal of intervention and statebuilding, 54, pp. The white houses initial response was a humanitarian rescue and assist operation for yazidi civilians trapped by the is in sinjar in northwestern iraq. Robin dunford and michael neu provide a clear and comprehensive critique of both just war theory and the responsibility to protect r2p doctrine, deconstructing the philosophical, moral and political arguments that underpin them. The yazidi crisis and the future of the responsibility to protect.
Frequently asked questions international coalition for the. This was attempted through a number of speeches that employed rhetorical justifications for the. The libyan crisis has brought focus to the critical and complex issue of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. Russia, humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to. Pdf the iraq war and the responsibility to protect.
Focusing on the responsibility to protect, and not the right to intervene, the commission outlined a framework for international actors to intervene when a state fails to live up to the responsibility to protect its citizens. For example, there is significant literature on water resource use, much of which focused on largescale water infrastructure. Within the academic world of war politics, there are heterogeneous perspectives, such as pacifism and realism etc. Doesnt the iraq war show that r2p is really about regime change. The use of humanitarian justifications for the iraq war clearly has implications for the responsibility to protect r2p movement, which has gained. But it does not provide a practical guide to what should be done, which has to. Endorsements of war crimes committed by the united state in iraq and mechanisms for accountability.
In an interview for prospect magazines june issue, emily thornberry, the british shadow foreign secretary, argued that the doctrine of responsibility to protect r2p is on life support. This article explores the role that the responsibility to protect r2p played in the 2011 intervention in libya. Responsibility to protect and its applicability in libya and. Issued by the international development research centre. The responsibility to protect r2p is a powerful emerging international norm. How the iraq war undermined the responsibility to protect. The responsibility to protect r2p has come a long way in a relatively short space of time.
Aug 28, 2014 the white houses initial response was a humanitarian rescue and assist operation for yazidi civilians trapped by the is in sinjar in northwestern iraq. Responsibility to protect and the problem of military. Through a detailed study of the international engagement with darfur, i suggest. Responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes. Whether or not the iraq war should be regarded as a just war or just a war has been sparked a lot of academic and public debates since 2003. War crimes committed by the united states in iraq and.
Recalibrate the responsibility to protect chatham house. The immediate cause of the war emerged in the wake of the 11 september 2001 terrorist attacks by alqaeda, when the bush administration sought to preempt potential threats to the united states and its allies. The iraq war was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of iraq by a united statesled coalition that overthrew the government of saddam hussein. What iraq, syria interventions can teach us about the. The responsibility to protect united nations university. Teson, 1988, it was the various interventions of the 1990sbeginning with the enforcement of nofly zones in iraq. Firstly, the primary responsibility of the individual state is to protect its people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Howard zinn, a historian, playwright, and social activist, is perhaps best known for a peoples. If past anniversaries are any guide, as that period closes, so will end the brief moment. The civilian protection agenda has tried to fill critical gaps in the existing normative architecture through the responsibility to protect r2p and protection of civilians poc as sibling norms. Humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect after 911 by gelijn molier 1.
International commission on intervention and state sovereignty the responsibility to protect report of the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty issued also in french under title. The iraq war has decisively contributed to the development of a new regional order of escalating intraand interstate violence, the rise of iran as a regional power as well as a general polarization. Syria and the responsibility to protect center for a new. Syria and the problem of responsibility to protect world. This article is part of eirs edited collection, into the eleventh hour. Request pdf the iraq war and the responsibility to protect. Humanitarian intervention, the responsibility to protect, and. Nov 18, 2011 syria and the responsibility to protect. President obama has given it lip service and he has taken modest, yet important, bureaucratic steps to give r2p meaning. The report establishes that the state has the responsibility to protect its population and when a state fails or is not able to do so, the responsibility to protect its own civilians shifts to the international community. If past anniversaries are any guide, as that period closes, so will end the brief moment of reflection on the causes and consequences of.
A third group argues that the responsibility to protect inhibits the potential for abuse and, as a result, consensus is likely to strengthen post. Whereas, less research has been done into groundwater resources. Its the most recent experiment with the politics of the responsibility to protect rtop. Feb 04, 2014 this article is part of eirs edited collection, into the eleventh hour. Introduction the decisions that were taken in the lead up to the invasion of iraq in 2003 have been subject to much scrutiny and debate. The civilian protection agenda has tried to fill critical gaps in the existing normative architecture through the responsibility to protect r2p and.
It examines the r2p legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly explain that r2p was correctly invoked by the united nations security council in order to uphold international law. Uses, abuses and consequences for the future of humanitarian intervention before the 2003 iraq war, the political leadership of the. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the postinvasion iraqi government. A third group argues that the responsibility to protect inhibits the potential for abuse and, as a result, consensus is likely to strengthen postiraq for precisely this reason. Abstract the war in iraq has been accompanied by the highest ever number of casualties.
Resposibility to protect r2p in iraq diplomacy data. The responsibility to protect rightly increases the pressure to act when civilians are suffering. War discourse for centuries, and many important works on humanitarian intervention were published during the later cold war years e. Political instability in iraq global conflict tracker.
Through a detailed study of the international engagement with darfur, i suggest that the latter two arguments have merit but need to be adjusted. But the real test is on the ground in situations such as syria where atrocities towards innocents is a. At the emergency debate in the house of commons last week, on sept. Mar 24, 2018 the week of the 15th anniversary of the iraq war is ending. The evolved human rights law has called for a shift international law with regard to humanitarian intervention. There are many nonmilitary steps, from sanctions to. Aug 01, 2014 the responsibility to protect is buried in iraq. Responsibility to protect, on the situation in iraq new york, 12 august 2014 the special advisers of the secretarygeneral on the prevention of genocide, adama dieng, and on the responsibility to protect, jennifer welsh, condemn in the strongest terms the. Iraq war, humanitarian intervention, responsibility to protect. The use of humanitarian justifications for the iraq war clearly has implications for the responsibility to protect r2p movement, which has gained prominence.