Protecting human rights in the 21st century / edited by Aidan Hehir and Robert W. Murray.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: denial, fatalism and the protection of human rights / Aidan Hehir -- Global constituent power: protests and human rights / Anthony F. Lang, Jr. -- A critical examination of 'humanity' / Samuel Jarvis -- Failed interventions and the inherent contradictions of liberal internationalism / Eric A. Heinze -- Humanitarian intervention in post-American international society / Robert W. Murray -- The uncertainties of international protection / Kelly Staples -- From showpiece interventions to day-to-day civilian protection : western humanitarian intervention and UN peacekeeping / Jonathan Gilmore and David Cumin -- The responsibility to protect or the protection of civilians : which policy brand is more 'successful'? / Catherine Jones -- Norm complexity and contestation : unpacking the R2P / Alan Bloomfield -- 'Why is it that we keep failing?' : The responsibility to protect as a hollow norm / Aidan Hehir -- Guns vs troops : the ethics of supplying arms / James Pattison -- The limits of R2P and the case for pacifism / Jeremy Moses -- The responsibility to protect : a long view / Justin Morris -- Conclusion : the future of human rights protection / Robert W. Murray.