- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Civilians, Distinction, and the Compassionate View of War
- 2 Protection of Civilians, Responsibility to Protect, and Humanitarian Intervention
- 3 A History and Conceptual Development of the Protection of Civilians
- 4 Protecting Civilians
- 5 The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
- 6 Protection of Civilians under International Human Rights Law
- 7 Protection of Civilians under International Humanitarian Law
- 8 Displacement and the Protection of Civilians under International Law
- 9 Legal Aspects of the Use of Force by United Nations Peacekeepers for the Protection of Civilians
- 10 International Responsibility for Ensuring the Protection of Civilians
- 11 The United Nations and the Protection of Civilians
- 12 The African Union and the Protection of Civilians
- 13 Security Council Diplomacy on the Protection of Civilians
- 14 Using Force to Protect Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- 15 The Utility of Force for Protecting Civilians
- 16 The Contribution of Human Rights to Protecting People in Conflict
- 17 Humanitarian Protection—Moving beyond the Tried and Tested
- 18 The Problems and Dilemmas of Helping to Build Protection Capacities
- 19 Community Self-protection
- Conclusion
- Index
The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
- Chapter:
- (p.109) 5 The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
- Source:
- Protection of Civilians
- Author(s):
Haidi Willmot
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The chapter examines changes in three key aspects of the collective security system: (a) the mechanism for determining aggression and deciding response measures; (b) the determination of threats to the peace; and (c) the measures used to address such threats. It finds that the system recognizes the legitimacy of civilians as a group to be protected irrespective of their polity, but at the same time remains committed to States as the primary security actors, and therefore seeks to execute protection within that paradigm. In doing so, the system creates two distinct but closely linked communities—a society of individuals and a society of States—both of which civilians are simultaneously members, and that, it is argued, represents a trajectory toward a cosmopolitan idea of the ordering of global society.
Keywords: UN collective security system, protection of civilians, cosmopolitanism, international relations, international relations theory, UN Charter
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Civilians, Distinction, and the Compassionate View of War
- 2 Protection of Civilians, Responsibility to Protect, and Humanitarian Intervention
- 3 A History and Conceptual Development of the Protection of Civilians
- 4 Protecting Civilians
- 5 The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
- 6 Protection of Civilians under International Human Rights Law
- 7 Protection of Civilians under International Humanitarian Law
- 8 Displacement and the Protection of Civilians under International Law
- 9 Legal Aspects of the Use of Force by United Nations Peacekeepers for the Protection of Civilians
- 10 International Responsibility for Ensuring the Protection of Civilians
- 11 The United Nations and the Protection of Civilians
- 12 The African Union and the Protection of Civilians
- 13 Security Council Diplomacy on the Protection of Civilians
- 14 Using Force to Protect Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- 15 The Utility of Force for Protecting Civilians
- 16 The Contribution of Human Rights to Protecting People in Conflict
- 17 Humanitarian Protection—Moving beyond the Tried and Tested
- 18 The Problems and Dilemmas of Helping to Build Protection Capacities
- 19 Community Self-protection
- Conclusion
- Index
