The United Nations' 'responsibility to protect' and the world's press: establishing a new humanitarian norm?

Cottle, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-3367 and Hughes, Charles Martin 2015. The United Nations' 'responsibility to protect' and the world's press: establishing a new humanitarian norm? Hoffmann, Julia and Hawkins, Virgil, eds. Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field, Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 76-91. (10.4324/9781315773124-6)

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Abstract

Since 2005 the United Nations has officially endorsed, though not always managed to enact, the “responsibility to protect” (R2P) doctrine designed to safeguard human lives when a state either fails to protect, or grievously threatens, its own citizens. To what extent, how and when have these principles informed press journalism around the world and its news coverage of potential and actual R2P crises? This chapter briefly contextualizes the recent historical emergence of the R2P principle, and then, based on a systematic and detailed analysis of the world’s press across a ten-year period, summarizes key findings relating to press performance – both progressive and problematic – in the establishment of the R2P norm.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781138018044
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 October 2018
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 11:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/87185

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