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Where is R2P grounded in international law? Anne-Marie Judson A ...

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International Comm<strong>is</strong>sion on State Sovereignty and Intervention (2001). 16 Frances<br />

Deng, the current special adv<strong>is</strong>or for the prevention of genocide, and Roberta Cohen<br />

for their early work on <strong>in</strong>ternal d<strong>is</strong>placement. Lastly credit must be given to Alex<br />

Bellamy for h<strong>is</strong> extensive work on <strong>R2P</strong>, through h<strong>is</strong> prolific books and articles. There<br />

are many more that I have not mentioned here but who have added to the debate<br />

significantly on <strong>R2P</strong>, they will be mentioned at various times throughout th<strong>is</strong> thes<strong>is</strong>.<br />

Nevertheless the h<strong>is</strong>torical <strong>in</strong>fluence on <strong>R2P</strong> doctr<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>law</strong> <strong>is</strong> more <strong>in</strong><br />

keep<strong>in</strong>g with th<strong>is</strong> thes<strong>is</strong>. Th<strong>is</strong> leads us <strong>in</strong>to Chapter 1 on the background of <strong>R2P</strong> and a<br />

h<strong>is</strong>torical analys<strong>is</strong> of responsibility <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>law</strong>.<br />

16 See the report of the International Comm<strong>is</strong>sion on Intervention and State Sovereignty. (2001). <br />

The Responsibility to Protect . Cananda: International Development Research Centre. <br />

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