1. The Specter of Genocide.
- Author
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Perry, Alex, Mark, Monica, Tharoor, Ishaan, and Crumley, Bruce
- Subjects
UNITED Nations peacekeeping forces ,FRENCH peacekeeping forces ,PRESIDENTIAL elections ,CIVILIANS in war - Abstract
The article focuses on the concept of the United Nation's (UN) Responsibility to Protect doctrine which resulted in UN Peacekeepers and French forces under UN command firing on forces loyal to former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to protect Ivory Coast civilians. It states that Gbagbo refused to step down after the election of Alassane Ouattara on November 28, 2010, resulting in eventual hostilities between forces loyal to Gbagbo and forces loyal to Ouattara. It mentions that UN forces were approved by the UN Security Council to do whatever was needed to protect civilians. It comments that the UN General Assembly reached a consensus in 2005 on the responsibility to protect populations against genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- Published
- 2011