Sub-regional organisations and the responsibility to protect: A case for the localisation and normative repatriation of sub-regional authority for coercive measures

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dc.contributor.authorGichana, H.P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T07:02:13Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T07:02:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe adoption of the responsibility to protect by the United Nations General Assembly marked a key milestone in the advancement of human security and the international protection of human rights. The textual adoption by the UNGA, however, was skewed in favour of the world order as it existed at the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations. Key among the recommendations downplayed by the UNGA text is the place of regional and sub-regional organisations in the implementation of the responsibility to protect. The consequence has been that sub-regional organisations have often been sidelined and their position on conflicts overlooked by the United Nations Security Council in its authorisation of R2P-related interventions. This article utilises the differences between the original R2P concept and the R2P norm adopted by the UNGA as well as subsequent discourses and state practice flowing from these differences to argue for R2P's localisation in the African context and for the normative repatriation of the authority of sub-regional organisations to adopt coercive measures under R2P. The article uses the Economic Community of West African States to illustrate the potential for sub-regional organisations to implement R2P when accorded the requisite regional and international support.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGichana, Henry. (2021). Sub-regional organisations and the responsibility to protect: A case for the localisation and normative repatriation of sub-regional authority for coercive measures. African Human Rights Law Journal. 21. 10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a15.en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n1a15
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6750
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScielo South Africaen_US
dc.subjectSub-regionalen_US
dc.subjectOrganisationsen_US
dc.subjectNorm localisationen_US
dc.subjectNorm repatriationen_US
dc.subjectPeaceen_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.titleSub-regional organisations and the responsibility to protect: A case for the localisation and normative repatriation of sub-regional authority for coercive measuresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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