Responsibility to Protect and International Law

Alex J. Bellamy is Professor of International Security at the Griffith Asia Institute/Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia. His recent books include, 'Responsibility to Protect: The Global Effort to End Mass Atrocities' and he is currently completing 'Massacres and Morality: Mass Killing in an Age of Civilian Immunity.' Sara E. Davies is an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University. Dr Davies is author of ‘Legitimising Rejection: International Refugee Law in Southeast Asia’ and ‘The Global Politics of Health.’Luke Glanville has recently received his PhD in International Relations from University of Queensland. He is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia.

• Introduction. Alex J. Bellamy, Sara E. Davies and Luke GlanvilleSovereignty, Choice and the Responsibility to Protect, Edward C. LuckA Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush – On the Assumed Legal Nature of the Responsibility to Protect, Ekkehard StraussThe Responsibility to Protect and the Use of Force: Building Legality? Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. ToopeThe Responsibility to Protect and International Law, Alex J. Bellamy and Ruben ReikeThe Responsibility to Protect: A Legal and Rights-based Perspective, Dorota GieryczInternational Law and the Responsibility to Protect: Clarifying or Expanding States’ Responsibilities? Jennifer M. Welsh and Maria BandaFeminist Reflections on the Responsibility to Protect, Hilary CharlesworthResponsibility to Protect: A Framework for Prevention, Sheri P. RosenbergStopping the Killing: The International Criminal Court and Juridical Determination of the Responsibility to Protect, Michael Contarino and Selena LucentConclusion, Alex J. Bellamy, Sara E. Davies and Luke Glanville