India's Evolving Views on Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Humanitarian Interventions

Abstract

The role of legitimacy in India’s approach to the doctrine of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) and Humanitarian Interventions (HIs)has not received as much attention as it is due. The following article evaluates India’s evolving views on R2P and HIs through the prism of legitimacy.It also demonstrates why the outcome of an HI whether through the medium of the R2P or otherwise matters as much as motives.