What Is a Safe Area? Definition, Typology and Empirical Cases

IF 0.8 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Robin Hering
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Abstract

In today’s conflicts, the number of people needing physical protection is at an all-time high. Often, protection is provided by the creation of safe areas. Although the notion largely disappeared after the Srebrenica genocide, safe areas have continued to exist empirically. Recently, safe areas had a minor revival in academic analysis and in the political rhetoric vis-à-vis Syria. Yet, fundamental gaps remain as it is still unclear what a safe area actually is and whether all safe areas function in the same way. This article develops a precise definition and comprehensive typology of safe areas. The definition is based on considerations regarding geographical limitation and location, target group, kind of provided protection, involved actors, and effective existence. Furthermore, four ideal types of safe areas are identified based on a division between belligerents’ consent/international presence and different geographical sizes. This is complemented by an extensive collection of empirical cases since 1900.
什么是安全区?定义、类型学和经验案例
在当今的冲突中,需要人身保护的人数创历史新高。通常,保护是通过建立安全区来提供的。虽然这个概念在斯雷布雷尼察种族灭绝之后基本上消失了,但根据经验,安全区仍然存在。最近,关于安全区的学术分析和针对-à-vis叙利亚的政治言论略有复苏。然而,根本的差距仍然存在,因为目前还不清楚安全区到底是什么,以及所有安全区是否都以同样的方式运作。本文发展了安全区的精确定义和综合类型。该定义是基于地理限制和地理位置、目标群体、提供保护的种类、涉及的行为主体和有效存在等方面的考虑。此外,根据交战各方同意/国际存在和不同地理面积的划分,确定了四种理想类型的安全区。自1900年以来大量收集的经验案例补充了这一点。
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Global Responsibility to Protect
Global Responsibility to Protect Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
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