The responsibility to protect in international law : an emerging paradigm shift / Susan Breau.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index.

Part I. The theoretical roots of the responsibility to protect -- From humanitarian intervention to the responsibility to protect -- International society -- Part II. The evolution of the responsibility to protect within areas of public international law -- State responsibility : obligations on states in international law -- International human rights law : rights and responsibilities -- International criminal law : responsibilities within the international criminal justice system -- International environmental law : the responsibility to save the planet -- Part III. The responsibility to protect in practice -- The responsibility to prevent -- The responsibility to react -- The responsibility to rebuild -- Responsibilities ignored? : Syria and Iraq.

The Responsibility to Protect is a solution proposed to a key preoccupation in both international relations and international law scholarship: how the international community is to respond to mass atrocities within sovereign States. There are three facets to this responsibility; the responsibility to prevent; the responsibility to react, and the responsibility to rebuild.