Illingworth, R (2020) Responsible Veto Restraint: A Transitional Cosmopolitan Reform Measure for the Responsibility to Protect. Global Responsibility to Protect, 12 (4). pp. 385-414. ISSN 1875-9858
Abstract
This article examines reform to the ‘veto’ power held by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The responsibility to react to mass atrocity crimes under the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) lies predominantly in the hands of the Security Council, meaning that R2P and the veto are inseparable. Veto use can obstruct the Council from meeting its R2P, reflected by the ongoing crisis in Syria, over which 16 Council draft resolutions have been vetoed to date. This article applies a transitional cosmopolitan framework to offer an informal ‘Responsible Veto Restraint’ (rvr) recommendation for veto reform. This measure provides a more effective and feasible avenue for veto reform than the recommendations of the Accountability, Coherency, and Transparency Group’s Code of Conduct and the France-Mexico Joint initiative for veto restraint. rvr can help promote R2P action through the Security Council, offering an avenue for progress towards addressing the problem of atrocity crimes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Richard Illingworth, 2020. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0 license |
Keywords: | veto reform; Responsibility to Protect; United Nations Security Council; transitional cosmopolitanism; effectiveness; feasibility |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2022 16:24 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brill |
Identification Number: | 10.1163/1875-984X-01204008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:193427 |