International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa

Kurt Mills is Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

• List of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Interrogating International ResponsibilitiesChapter 2. Rwanda: The Failure of "Never Again"Chapter 3. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Protecting Civilians?Chapter 4. Uganda (and Beyond): Testing the International Criminal CourtChapter 5. Darfur: The Post-World Summit TestChapter 6. Realizing R2P3: Labeling, Institutions, and AuthorityNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa is an unusually thoughtful and nuanced contribution to the growing literature on mass atrocity prevention. Its detailed case studies and innovative protect, prosecute, and palliate framework offer fresh insights into why the implementation of R2P principles has lagged behind their normative development. Kurt Mills has proven, once again, that he belongs in the ranks of the world's leading human rights and humanitarian scholars." (Edward Luck, first United Nations Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect) "Kurt Mills takes seriously our collective responsibility to halt atrocities, to prosecute their perpetrators, and to help those in the cross-hairs of armed conflicts. His focus is Africa, where feeble international responses in too many crises have demonstrated that "never again" is an aspiration and not a reality. His is an indispensable guide for anyone thinking about how to respond to conscience-shocking international crimes." (Thomas G. Weiss, The CUNY Graduate Center) "Too often, it is taken for granted that the international community's political, judicial and humanitarian responses to major crises are complementary. In this important volume, Kurt Mills explodes that myth and demonstrates the tensions between them and the ways in which they sometimes undermine one another. Combining detailed examination of some of the most crucial contemporary cases with a keen sense for broader political and normative trends, this is one of those rare volumes that is successful both at diagnosing the problem and offering viable solutions. With fine prose, Mills offers an important new perspective that will shape debate about how to respond to civil wars, mass atrocities and other humanitarian crises for years to come." (Alex J. Bellamy, The University of Queensland, Australia) "International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa makes a novel move by analyzing the responsibility to protect, the responsibility to prosecute, and the responsibility to palliate comprehensively. It is the first work that takes this collective approach, and there is much to be gained by doing so. This is an important book." (William W. Burke-White, University of Pennsylvania)