Responsibility to protect: A comparative analysis of whether it has served its original purpose in the last decade

Siboe, Nancy

Abstract

Over the last decade, Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has featured highly in public international law debates pertaining to mass killings, humanitarian intervention and protecting potential victims.The question of how the international community and the United Nations Security Council(UNSC)has invoked or failed to invoke the principle of R2P has elicited different comments and contributions since its development in the year 2001 and subsequent application. The author finds that R2P in itself is an important norm that came into being specifically for protection of civilians during mass actions that held the deadly potential of wiping out generations. Secondly, the role of the international community and the United Nations Security Council cannot be under emphasised. It is the opinion of the author that R2P is in danger of being extinct which will be construed as a failure on the part of the international community to work towards preservation of international peace and security.

• Online Publication Date: Dec 2, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Dec 8, 2023
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law
• Edition: 1st
• Book Title: Responsibility to Protect: Lessons Learned and The Way Forward
• Chapter Number: 7
• ISBN: 9789616447843
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11491948