Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021

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Main Author: Jonah Marawako
Other Authors: Lecturer, Department of Governance and Public Management, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
Format: research article
Language:English
Published: RSIS 2023
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Online Access:https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5366
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-2/190-196.pdf
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spelling ir-11408-53662023-03-02T14:09:54Z Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021 Jonah Marawako Lecturer, Department of Governance and Public Management, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe R2P CAR mass atrocity ethnic cleansing state fragility Abstract The objective of this paper is to provide an analysis of the challenges and successes of the international community’s implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Central Africa Republic (CAR) from 2013 to 2021. The introduction of the R2P doctrine in 2005 has activated debate among scholars on the efficacy of the R2P in mitigating war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. State sovereignty is arguably the major obstacle in implementing the R2P doctrine, but the 2013 coup in CAR has opened a Pandora box of the other challenges to its operability which are vested interests and sectarian cleavages. The structure and functions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) also affected the success of the R2P in CAR. The veto powers of the permanent five are inimical to the peace process in CAR. This paper also argues that although there are some problems in implementing the R2P in CAR, the international community was able to prevent the conflict from crystallising into genocide and averted a regional spill of the conflict. The study interrogates the evolution of the R2P as well as proffer recommendations on how the international community can improve the implementation of the R2P. The methodology employed in the study was qualitative desk research with emphasis on secondary sources of information such as books, journals, internet sources and newspapers. VI ii 190 196 2023-03-02T14:09:53Z 2023-03-02T14:09:53Z 2022-02 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5366 https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-2/190-196.pdf en International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS 2454-6186 open RSIS
spellingShingle R2P
CAR
mass atrocity
ethnic cleansing
state fragility
Jonah Marawako
Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021
title Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021
title_full Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021
title_fullStr Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021
title_full_unstemmed Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021
title_short Reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the International Community‟s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in Central Africa Republic 2013-2021
title_sort reflecting on the prime hurdles and successes of the international community‟s implementation of the responsibility to protect in central africa republic 2013-2021
topic R2P
CAR
mass atrocity
ethnic cleansing
state fragility
url https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5366
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-2/190-196.pdf
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