Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect - Politics, Ethnicity and Genocide

Informationen zum Autor Damien Kingsbury is Professor at the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne. He is the author and editor of a number of books and numerous journal articles on political and security matters. Klappentext This volume is about the issues and challenges facing the implementation of the Responsibility To Protect (R2P) principle in the case of Sri Lanka! where the Tamil Tigers have been fighting to create a separate state. It addresses the political! legal and practical challenges that such possible implementation could confront. Zusammenfassung This book is about the issues and challenges facing the implementation of the Responsibility To Protect principle in the case of Sri Lanka, where the Tamil Tigers have been fighting to create a separate state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Meaning and Application of R2P 2. Politics and Ethnicity 3. The War in Sri Lanka 4. Cultural Dominance, Genocide and Crimes against Humanity 5. Sri Lanka and International Law 6. Opposition to R2P 7. Geo-Strategic Factors, R2P and Sri Lanka 8. Conclusion

Summary

This book is about the issues and challenges facing the implementation of the Responsibility To Protect principle in the case of Sri Lanka, where the Tamil Tigers have been fighting to create a separate state.

Product details

• Authors: Damien Kingsbury, Damien (Deakin University Kingsbury, Kingsbury Damien
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2011
• EAN: 9780415588843
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58884-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Asian Security Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / General