A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir
This project paper discusses the status of the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in relation to international law and seeks to establish whether R2P creates legal obligations unto the international community to take the appropriate measures in situations of mass atrocities. The project pap...
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uitm-283162020-02-13T07:07:06Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28316/ A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir Mohd Nasir, Noor Hannah Abdul Razak, Afiqah Azmi, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Obligations This project paper discusses the status of the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in relation to international law and seeks to establish whether R2P creates legal obligations unto the international community to take the appropriate measures in situations of mass atrocities. The project paper begins with an outline of our research proposal which works to draw the focus of our research to an introduction and general background of R2P. Our project paper further comprises of the conception of R2P alongside the obstacles faced in imposing this doctrine as an international duty. Furthermore, this project paper explores two possibilities in which R2P may impose legal obligations unto States: whether, firstly, R2P introduces a new rule of customary international law or whether, secondly, R2P establishes obligations by extending upon existing rules of jus cogens. Apart from that, this project paper analyzes the two recent cases of Libya and Cote d’Iviore wherein measures echoing the doctrine of R2P were invoked by the international community via the United Nations Security Council. Based on our findings on all these matters, this project paper shall, lastly, narrow down our research to several recommendations as to the imposition of R2P as an obligation under international law. Faculty of Law 2013 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28316/1/28316.pdf Mohd Nasir, Noor Hannah and Abdul Razak, Afiqah and Azmi, Mohd Faizal Hiqram (2013) A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir. [Student Project] (Unpublished) |
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This project paper discusses the status of the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in relation to international law and seeks to establish whether R2P creates legal obligations unto the international community to take the appropriate measures in situations of mass atrocities. The project paper begins with an outline of our research proposal which works to draw the focus of our research to an introduction and general background of R2P. Our project paper further comprises of the conception of R2P alongside the obstacles faced in imposing this doctrine as an international duty. Furthermore, this project paper explores two possibilities in which R2P may impose legal obligations unto States: whether, firstly, R2P introduces a new rule of customary international law or whether, secondly, R2P establishes obligations by extending upon existing rules of jus cogens. Apart from that, this project paper analyzes the two recent cases of Libya and Cote d’Iviore wherein measures echoing the doctrine of R2P were invoked by the international community via the United Nations Security Council. Based on our findings on all these matters, this project paper shall, lastly, narrow down our research to several recommendations as to the imposition of R2P as an obligation under international law. |
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Mohd Nasir, Noor Hannah Abdul Razak, Afiqah Azmi, Mohd Faizal Hiqram |
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Mohd Nasir, Noor Hannah Abdul Razak, Afiqah Azmi, Mohd Faizal Hiqram |
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A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir |
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A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir |
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A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir |
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A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir |
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A study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) / Afiqah Abdul Razak, Mohd Faizal Hiqram Azmi and Noor Hannah Mohd Nasir |
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study on the imposition of legal obligations upon states to intervene: operationalizing the responsibility to protect (r2p) / afiqah abdul razak, mohd faizal hiqram azmi and noor hannah mohd nasir |
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