The Duty of Care for Citizens Abroad:: Security and Responsibility in the In Amenas and Fukushima Crises

Nina Graeger; Wrenn Yennie Lindgren

doi:10.1163/1871191X-11302009

The Duty of Care for Citizens Abroad: Security and Responsibility in the In Amenas and Fukushima Crises

Nina Graeger, Wrenn Yennie Lindgren

Department of Political Science, Management

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Abstract

This article analyses the state’s duty of care (DoC) for citizens who fall victim to unforeseen catastrophic or violent events abroad. The DoC highlights the challenges, dynamics and relations involved in diplomatic practice that is aimed at protecting citizens outside of state borders and where traditional security concepts have little relevance. How has a globalized, more insecure world — with shifting relations and responsibilities among states, their subordinates and other carers — affected the provision of DoC? How do governments and private actors act on the DoC during and after crises? To illustrate, the article draws on the terrorist attack at a gas facility in Algeria in 2013 and the nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011, focusing particularly on the Norwegian framework and approach to protecting citizens abroad. In both crises, implementing the DoC required practical skills and measures beyond traditional diplomacy and institutionalized crisis mechanisms.

Original language	English
Journal	Hague Journal of Diplomacy
Volume	13
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	188-210
ISSN	1871-1901
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-11302009
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

diplomatic practice
duty of care (DoC)
security
international relations
crisis management

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