
When Sovereignty Fragments, Who Protects the People? Toward Human Security as Responsibility in an Era of Contested Authority
Who bears responsibility when authority itself is fragmented, especially in conflict-affected territories?

Who bears responsibility when authority itself is fragmented, especially in conflict-affected territories?

Across Africa sovereignty is increasingly invoked selectively, respected or violated for strategic convenience

This article examines the effectiveness of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine in the context of the international community’s response to the civil war between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

Arguing that the perceived choice between justice and peace is a false one since, as the two mutually reinforce each other.