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Is R2P a Fully-Fledged International Norm?

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Abstract:  This commentary examines whether R2P is a fully-fledged norm. As a normative aspiration R2P is almost universally accepted. However as a standard of behaviour that states implement as a matter of course R2P is far from fully-fledged. By examining state responses to refugee crises in Syria it is argued that powerful states are failing in their special responsibility to protect.

Keywords:  asylum; atrocity; R2P; special responsibility to protect; Syria

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i4.319


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