Abstract
The Foreign Policy article under review brings us back to the issues addressed in April's Roundtable, which looked at humanitarian intervention in light of widespread political violence in the Ivory Coast. Much of that discussion centered on the factors that lead states to adopt policies aimed at stopping egregious human rights abuses from being committed in other jurisdictions, either by state agents or non-state actors. This month's Roundtable discussion highlights the myths attached to the concept of “state failure,” which increases the likelihood of such violations occurring. The author of this month's centerpiece, James Traub, comments on a number of these “myths,” two of which are particularly relevant to the protection of human rights.
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Carvalho, Edzia
(2011)
"More Questions, Few Answers on State Failure and Human Rights,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 11:
Iss.
7, Article 3.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol11/iss7/3
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