Foreword vii
Synopsis xi
The Policy Challenge 1 (10)
The Intervention Dilemma 1 (2)
The Changing International Environment 3 (4)
The Implications for State Sovereignty 7 (1)
The Meaning of Intervention 8 (3)
A New Approach: ``The Responsibility to Protect'' 11 (8)
The Meaning of Sovereignty 12 (2)
Human Rights, Human Security and Emerging Practice 14 (2)
Shifting the Terms of the Debate 16 (3)
The Responsibility to Prevent 19 (10)
A Commitment to Prevention 19 (2)
Early Warning and Analysis 21 (1)
Root Cause Prevention Efforts 22 (1)
Direct Prevention Efforts 23 (6)
The Responsibility to React 29 (10)
Measures Short of Military Action 29 (2)
The Decision to Intervene 31 (1)
Threshold Criteria: Just Cause 32 (3)
Other Precautionary Criteria 35 (4)
The Responsibility to Rebuild 39 (8)
Post-Intervention Obligations
Administration under UN Authority 43 (1)
Local Ownership and the Limits to Occupation 44 (3)
The Question of Authority 47 (10)
Sources of Authority under the UN Charter 47 (2)
The Security Council's Role - and Responsibility 49 (4)
When the Security Council Fails to Act 53 (4)
The Operational Dimension 57 (12)
Preventive Operations 57 (1)
Planning for Military Intervention 58 (3)
Carrying Out Military Intervention 61 (3)
Following Up Military Intervention 64 (2)
A Doctrine For Human Protection Operations 66 (3)
The Responsibility to Protect: The Way Forward 69 (8)
From Analysis to Action 69 (1)
Mobilizing Domestic Political Will 70 (2)
Mobilizing International Political Will 72 (1)
Next Steps 73 (2)
Meeting the Challenge 75 (2)
Appendix A: Members of the Commission 77 (4)
Appendix B: How the Commission Worked 81 (6)
Index 87
Synopsis xi
The Policy Challenge 1 (10)
The Intervention Dilemma 1 (2)
The Changing International Environment 3 (4)
The Implications for State Sovereignty 7 (1)
The Meaning of Intervention 8 (3)
A New Approach: ``The Responsibility to Protect'' 11 (8)
The Meaning of Sovereignty 12 (2)
Human Rights, Human Security and Emerging Practice 14 (2)
Shifting the Terms of the Debate 16 (3)
The Responsibility to Prevent 19 (10)
A Commitment to Prevention 19 (2)
Early Warning and Analysis 21 (1)
Root Cause Prevention Efforts 22 (1)
Direct Prevention Efforts 23 (6)
The Responsibility to React 29 (10)
Measures Short of Military Action 29 (2)
The Decision to Intervene 31 (1)
Threshold Criteria: Just Cause 32 (3)
Other Precautionary Criteria 35 (4)
The Responsibility to Rebuild 39 (8)
Post-Intervention Obligations
Administration under UN Authority 43 (1)
Local Ownership and the Limits to Occupation 44 (3)
The Question of Authority 47 (10)
Sources of Authority under the UN Charter 47 (2)
The Security Council's Role - and Responsibility 49 (4)
When the Security Council Fails to Act 53 (4)
The Operational Dimension 57 (12)
Preventive Operations 57 (1)
Planning for Military Intervention 58 (3)
Carrying Out Military Intervention 61 (3)
Following Up Military Intervention 64 (2)
A Doctrine For Human Protection Operations 66 (3)
The Responsibility to Protect: The Way Forward 69 (8)
From Analysis to Action 69 (1)
Mobilizing Domestic Political Will 70 (2)
Mobilizing International Political Will 72 (1)
Next Steps 73 (2)
Meeting the Challenge 75 (2)
Appendix A: Members of the Commission 77 (4)
Appendix B: How the Commission Worked 81 (6)
Index 87