An institutional approach to the responsibility to protect / edited by Gentian Zyberi ; assistant editor Kevin T. Mason.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The coining and evolution of responsibility to protect : the protection responsibilities of the state / Diana Amneus -- Non-state actors / Raphael van Steenberghe -- Peacekeeping operations / Susan C. Breau -- The Security Council / Terry D. Gill -- The General Assembly / Cedric Ryngaert and Hanne Cuyckens -- The Secretary-General / Nicholas Turner -- The Human Rights Council / Lyal S. Sunga -- The International Law Commission / Arnold N. Pronto -- The European Union / Daniel Fiott and Marie Vincent -- The African Union / Solomon A. Dersso -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Noel M. Morada -- The Organisation of American States / Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes -- The Arab League / Mahasen M. Aljaghoub, Ibrahim M. Aljazy and Maysa S. Bydoon -- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe / Dennis J. D. Sandole -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Jody M. Prescott -- The International Court of Justice / Gentian Zyberi -- The United Nations Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and for Rwanda / Niki Frencken and Goran Sluiter -- The International Criminal Court / Michael Contarino and Melinda Negron-Gonzales -- The European system of human rights / Rhona Smith and Conall Mallory -- The Inter-American system of human rights / O. Hilaire Sobers -- The African system of human rights / Frans Viljoen -- Sharing the responsibility to protect : taking stock and moving forward / Gentian Zyberi.