CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Mbuen, Eyong Louis |
|---|---|
| Title | THE IMPUNITY OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CONFLICT ZONES: A CASE FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN DARFUR |
| Summary | This paper emphasizes the need for the responsibility to protect (R2P) in Darfur which has been an issue at the international scene for too long. Since 2003 when the rebels took up arms against the oppressive Sudanese government the degree and gravity of the human rights violations committed in Darfur are unthinkable, but surprisingly the violations persist with impunity. Being a product of desk research, this paper addresses the central research question of whether the concept of R2P has been able to protect the civilian population in Darfur. In doing this, it looks at: the extent to which both national and international responses to the Darfur crisis helped to increase or decrease the impunity of these gross human rights violations in Darfur, how the notion of absolute state sovereignty shapes the international responses made to the Darfur crisis, the transformation of the meaning of sovereignty and the problem of selectivity of international intervention in crisis situations. In finding the international community’s failure to adequately protect the civilian population in Darfur, this paper argues that the failure has rendered the concept of R2P a mere rhetoric, especially as the violations and impunity persist. This paper revisits the highly debatable concepts of state sovereignty, humanitarian intervention and the R2P. It then makes a case for the responsible to protect in Darfur while covering and exposing Darfur, the conflict, the human rights violations, the impunity of these violations, the responses made by the international community to the Darfur conflict, and the need for the responsibility to protect in Darfur. In considering the way forward in Darfur, this paper makes suggestions such as; a comprehensive and inclusive peace agreement, achieving justice via domestic and ii international accountability, and the importance of a common understanding and support for the concept of R2P. |
| Supervisor | Vrdoljak, Ana |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/mbuen_eyong.pdf |
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