The Collective Level in the Responsibility to Protect: Taking the International Community Seriously

The Collective Level in the Responsibility to Protect: Taking the International Community Seriously

이 논문은 보호책임(responsibility to protect)를 논함에 있어 집단적 차원(collective level)이 간과되거나 설득력 없이 다루어지고 있음을 강조하고 보호책임 구조(R2P framework)가 국제사회의 집단적 책임 차원이어야 한다는 것을 상기시킨다. 불완전한 임무에 대한 우려는 집단적 책임을 개념화하는 시도가 될 수 있는 중요한 이유가 될 수 있다고 제안한다. 구성의 오류를 범하는 그런 방법은 피하고 집단성(collectivity)과 집단적 차원(collective level)을 진지하게 검토해야 하며, 이것은 재현(representation), 기관(agency), 효능(efficacy)을 고심하게 될 것이다. 결론에서는 아태지역이 왜 국제사회에 관한 연구에 관심을 가져야 하는지를 설명한다.

This article highlights how the collective level is often either overlooked or addressed in an unconvincing manner within discussions on responsibility to protect (R2P). The discussion recalls that the R2P framework includes a collective level: the collective responsibility of the international community. The article suggests that a concern over an imperfect duty may be an important reason for attempts to conceptualize the collective responsibility as a perfect duty of particular actors. A plea is extended to avoid such methods as they result in fallacies of composition. Instead, we should earnestly examine this collectivity and the collective level. The paper proposes that this would entail addressing for instance representation, agency, and efficacy. The conclusion suggests why research on the international community should be of interest to the Asia-Pacific region.