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Evaluating the United Nation's Agenda for Atrocity Prevention: Prospects for the International Regulation of Internal Security
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Abstract In recent years the UN Secretary-General has promoted mass atrocity prevention as the priority agenda for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) at the UN, redirecting debates on R2P away from military interventionism towards improved state capacity to prevent atrocity crimes and protect populations. T... view more
In recent years the UN Secretary-General has promoted mass atrocity prevention as the priority agenda for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) at the UN, redirecting debates on R2P away from military interventionism towards improved state capacity to prevent atrocity crimes and protect populations. This focus has been illustrated in the UNSG’s annual reports on R2P since 2009, and the 2014 “Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes”, that emphasise state institutional
capacity and the identification of atrocity-risk indicators. Through a case-study of Pakistan, this article problematizes the relationship between internal security and the UN agenda on atrocity prevention to evaluate the viability of promoting
atrocity prevention as currently conceived by the Office of the UNSG in high-risk contexts. It argues that an atrocity prevention agenda informed by a responsive regulation framework would be more effective in taking into account the relational dynamics of atrocity crimes. This includes accounting for the interaction between the microdynamics of political violence with macro-dynamics created by lengthy historical conflicts and strategic repertoires. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
genocide; massacre; ethnic conflict; political conflict; governance; international politics; protecting power; UNO; military intervention; humanitarian intervention; domestic security; Pakistan; prevention; results measurement
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Responsibility to Protect; R2P
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 16-26
Journal
Politics and Governance, 3 (2015) 3
Issue topic
Mass Atrocity Prevention (Part I)
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution