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1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Contents |
1 The responsibility to protect minorities: Is the kin-state a problem or a solution? / Walter Kemp -- Part I: Problems and perspectives / Ramesh Thakur -- 2 The responsibility to protect: A forward-looking agenda / Ramesh Thakur -- |
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3 The borders of sovereignty: Whose responsibility is it to protect national minorities? / Bogdan Aurescu -- |
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4 Where are the borders? National identity and national security / Walter Kemp -- 5 Minority protection, bilateral mechanisms and the responsibility to protect / Elizabeth F. Defeis -- |
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Part II: Case studies -- 6 Bilateral instruments and mechanisms to protect "kin-minorities" abroad : the case of Hungary's bilateral agreements with its neighbours and their monitoring through joint intergovernmental commissions / Emma Lantschner -- 7 R2P and kinship in the context of Syria and Lebanon / Joshua Castellino -- |
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8 Problems and prospects for R2P: The unilateral action of Viet Nam in 1978 / Ho-Ming So Denduangrudee -- |
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9 The role of Russia as a kin-state in protecting the Russian minority in Ukrain / Olena Shapovalova -- 10 Brazilians in Paraguay : a growing internal problem or a regional issue? / James Tiburcio -- 11 The responsibility to prevent conflicts under R2P : the Nigeria-Bakassi situation / Rhuks Ako -- Part III: Conclusion -- 12 Blood across borders : the role of the kin-state in minority protection / Vesselin Popovski and Nicholas Turner |
| Summary |
Map lines delineating statehood can become blurred by bloodlines of nationhood. Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic cleansing based on their group identity, whose responsibility is it to protect them? In particular, are they owed any protective responsibility by their kin state? How can cross-border kinship ties strengthen greater pan-national identity across borders without challenging territorially defined national security? As shown b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnic conflict -- Prevention -- Political aspects
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Conflict management -- Political aspects
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Ethnic conflict -- Prevention -- Case studies
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Conflict management -- Case studies
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Intervention (International law)
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Kinship -- Political aspects
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Conflict management.
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Conflict management -- Political aspects.
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Ethnic conflict -- Prevention.
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Intervention (International law)
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Kinship -- Political aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Popovski, Vesselin
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Thakur, Ramesh, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9789280871654 |
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928087165X |
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