The ‘Responsibility to Protect’ at 10
There will continue to be disappointments and incongruities, and the battle will be decades long, but the arc of history is bending in the direction of R2P and justice.
RtoP and Women, Peace and Security: A Shared Agenda for the Asia-Pacific?
Shared advocacy between the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agendas is vital to help realise their stated objectives.
Interview – Kurt Mills
Dr Mills talks about R2P, neo-humanitarianism, the limits of norms, the practicality of the International Criminal Court, and the importance of academic networks.
Robust Peacekeeping: A Desirable Development?
The challenge is to find the right balance of deploying strong UN missions that effectively protect civilians whilst maintaining an impartial position in the conflict.
R2P in Gaza: A Long Overdue Debate
If R2P will not save lives as quickly as one would like it to, its application to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can serve the search for a peaceful and just solution.
Conflict in Gaza: Balancing History and the Responsibility to Protect
If there is anything that the current humanitarian tragedy in Gaza teaches us about R2P, it is that history challenges the fulfillment of the international R2P agenda.
Israel’s Serial Gaza Offensives Are Offensive
Does the R2P apply in Gaza? This is a silly question – of course it does. R2P is a universal principle, not a light switch to be turned on and off at whim or convenience.
The Responsibility to Protect and the 2014 Conflict in Gaza
More civilians will die without concerted efforts to break the cycles of impunity and escalation that have been allowed to establish themselves in Israel and Palestine.
A Propensity to Ignore? R2P Advocacy and the Crisis in Gaza
The ignorance by R2P advocacy groups of the situation in Gaza contributes to the perception that the R2P is a selective tool of western states.
How Many Have to Die? Iraq and the Scale of the Crime
The real challenge facing the R2P is that there are multiple ‘manifest failings’ occurring on a range of different scales therefore we should not expect too much from it.
