ABSTRACT
Resistance to state crime is an ambitious endeavour, whether at the individual, local or global level, through direct means or more indirect attempts to change a dominant ideology. This chapter argues that global attempts to enhance the protection of human rights — including the development of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, international criminal law and an international criminal justice system — can be seen as mechanisms of resistance to state criminality. It seeks to illustrate how international laws, doctrines and criminal justice systems operate to resist state crime and to promote a new political collective consciousness. I conclude by suggesting that, while still in its infancy and riddled with many problems and contradictions, this effort can be seen as a globally led attempt to resist state crime.
