Responsibility to protect

What is responsibility to protect, and which problems the implementation of this responsability may lead to?

content

● R2P

● Problems

● Rwandan genocide (1994)

● Libia (2011)

R2P

“Norm that sovereignty is not a right, but that states must protect their populations against mass atrocities. International community has the responsibility to assist the state to fulfill its primary responsibility.”

The international commission on intervention and state soverignty(ICISS, 2001)

Facing sanctionsFailure to respond to tragedies such as Rwanda (1994)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect 15.05.14 - 14:15)

R2P continues...

Is necessary when:● genocide● crimes against humanity● war crimes● ethnic cleansing

foundation “pillars”● A state has a responsibility to

defend their population against these crimes

● The international community has the responsibility to assist the state to fulfill its primary responsibility

● International community has the responsibility to intervene through coercive meassures.

Problems

Rwandan genocide

Libia

conclusionR2P is necessary

Used once in Lybia

Due to genocide in Rwanda

Veto from Russia and China- Syria

Tensified realationship between countries

3 pillars- 4 crimes

sources

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protecthttp://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/responsibility.shtmlhttp://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/http://snl.no/R2Phttp://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/index.php/component/content/article/35-r2pcs-topics/1760-chatam-house-the-responsibility-to-protect-and-the-problem-of-military-interventionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Civil_War