Transcending the double-bind of humanitarian intervention: The costs of action and inaction

dc.contributor.authorJacob, Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-13T22:34:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-15
dc.date.updated2019-04-21T08:35:40Z
dc.description.abstract“The ICC [International Criminal Court] is dead to us,” claimed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Monday 10 September 2018 when he confirmed that the US would not cooperate with any efforts to bring US soldiers to trial for atrocities committed in Afghanistan.1 Bolton’s statement coincides with a recent ruling from the pre-trial chamber of the ICC that determined jurisdiction for some of the atrocities committed by the Myanmar regime against the Rohingya population that were deported to Bangladesh in late 2017. Limited by the fact that the ICC only has jurisdiction in Bangladesh as a member to the Rome Statue, and therefore cannot prosecute crimes committed solely in Myanmar, the ruling at least creates an inroad for accountability by determining the commission of atrocities and attributing blame. A UN Security Council referral is needed to extend the jurisdiction of the ICC to Myanmar – a referral that is inconceivable at this current historical juncture where the US, but also China and Russia that are needed to support the referral, have opposed such a move. Once again, power politics trumps international justice for crimes against humanity.en_AU
dc.format.extent7 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1462-3528en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/173740
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Groupen_AU
dc.rights© Taylor & Francis (Routledge)en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of Genocide Researchen_AU
dc.subjecthumanitarian interventionen_AU
dc.subjectjusticeen_AU
dc.subjectactionen_AU
dc.subjectinactionen_AU
dc.subjectinternationalen_AU
dc.subjectbook reviewen_AU
dc.titleTranscending the double-bind of humanitarian intervention: The costs of action and inactionen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage113en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage108en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationJacob, Cecilia, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidJacob, Cecilia, u2582310en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor160607 - International Relationsen_AU
local.identifier.absseo940399 - International Relations not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu8701575xPUB361en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume21en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1080/14623528.2019.1562611en_AU
local.identifier.essn1469-9494en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu8701575en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.routledge.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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