Nguyen, Thu Anh (2019) ASEAN and the Responsibility to Protect: Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

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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.

Item ID:	89104
Item Type:	Book (Scholarly Work)
ISBN:	978-616-407-389-0
Copyright Information:	© 2018 by Chulalongkorn University
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2025 02:59
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440808 International relations @ 50% 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4408 Political science > 440807 Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific @ 50%
SEO Codes:	23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2303 International relations > 230303 International organisations @ 100%
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