ASEAN and the Responsibility to Protect: Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar

Nguyen, Thu Anh

Abstract

ASEAN and the Responsibility to Protect: Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar is derived from an MA thesis in Southeast Asia Studies from Chulalongkorn University. The book aims to explore the impact of the Responsibility to Protect or R2P concept on ASEAN in dealing with the human security after the Cyclone Nargis which happened in Myanmar in 2008. R2P, adopted as the World Summit Outcome Document in 2005, is the principle of that states and the international community are obliged to be responsible for protecting its citizens from four crimes including genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. The author discusses the question why a natural disaster compelled the application of R2P even though it is initially not a R2P- type crime. Under international pressure of possible military intervention in the name of R2P, the norm entrepreneur played a vital role in negotiating to bridge the junta and the international community and facilitate humanitarian assistance. This successful localization of R2P by ASEAN in its effort to handle this man-made catastrophe has implications on ASEAN’s institutional changes when it comes to human rights protection in future.

Journal

N/A

Publication Name

N/A

Volume

N/A

ISBN/ISSN

978-616-407-389-0

Edition

N/A

Issue

N/A

Pages Count

184

Location

N/A

Publisher

Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

Publisher Url

N/A

Publisher Location

Bangkok

Publish Date

N/A

Url

N/A

Date

N/A

EISSN

N/A

DOI

N/A