South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Karen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-30T07:05:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-30T07:05:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article provides an overview of the South African government’s evolving position on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). While the country was an advocate of R2P in the run-up to the 2005 United Nations (UN) World Summit and the related idea of non-indifference in Africa, its conduct while serving as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and subsequent developments have raised questions about its continued commitment to these principles. In particular, Resolution 1973 (2011) on Libya proved to be a turning point. It is argued that while South Africa continues to support the broad idea of civilian protection, it is in favour of a consultative, regional approach and has become increasingly critical of what it views as the selective application and militarisation of the R2P. In trying to make sense of the apparent contradictions in South Africa’s position, it is necessary to situate the debate against the background of broader tensions in its foreign policy, particularly around the promotion of human rights. These, in turn, are linked to divergent and multiple foreign policy identities that the post-apartheid state is still coming to terms with. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Smith, K. (2016). South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic. <i>International Relations</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22017 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Smith, Karen "South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic." <i>International Relations</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22017 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Smith, K. (2016). South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic. International Relations, 1-15. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0047-1178 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Smith, Karen AB - This article provides an overview of the South African government’s evolving position on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). While the country was an advocate of R2P in the run-up to the 2005 United Nations (UN) World Summit and the related idea of non-indifference in Africa, its conduct while serving as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and subsequent developments have raised questions about its continued commitment to these principles. In particular, Resolution 1973 (2011) on Libya proved to be a turning point. It is argued that while South Africa continues to support the broad idea of civilian protection, it is in favour of a consultative, regional approach and has become increasingly critical of what it views as the selective application and militarisation of the R2P. In trying to make sense of the apparent contradictions in South Africa’s position, it is necessary to situate the debate against the background of broader tensions in its foreign policy, particularly around the promotion of human rights. These, in turn, are linked to divergent and multiple foreign policy identities that the post-apartheid state is still coming to terms with. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - International Relations LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 SM - 0047-1178 T1 - South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic TI - South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22017 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22017 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Smith K. South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic. International Relations. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22017. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Political Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | International Relations | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/afr/journal/international-relations | |
| dc.title | South Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: From champion to sceptic | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |