Without succumbing to utopian fantasies or realistic pessimism,
Riemer and his contributors call for strengthening the key
institutions of a global human rights regime, developing an
effective policy of prudent prevention of genocide, working out a
sagacious strategy of keenly targeted sanctions--political,
economic, military, judicial--and adopting a guiding philosophy of
just humanitarian intervention. They underscore significant changes
in the international system--the end of the Cold War, economic
globalization, the communications revolution-- that hold open the
opportunity for significant, if modest, movement toward
strengthening key institutions.
The essays explore key problems in working toward prevention of
genocide. They highlight the existence of considerable early
warning of genocide and emphasize that the real problem is a lack
of political will in key global institutions. Sanctions, especially
economic sanctions may punish a genocidal regime, but at the
expense of innocent civilians. Thus, more clearly targeted
sanctions are seen as essential. The argument on behalf of a
standing police force to deal with the crime of genocide, as they
show, is powerful and controversial: powerful because the need is
persuasive, controversial because political realists question its
cost and political feasibility. Implementing a philosophy of just
humanitarian intervention requires an appreciation of the
difficulties of interpreting those principles in difficult concrete
situations. A permanent international criminal tribunal to deter
and punish genocide, they argue, will put into place a much needed
component of a global human rights regime. A thoughtful analysis
for scholars and students of international politics and law, and
human rights in general.
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