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Ending Mass Atrocities: The Next Step

Betwa Sharma | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Resposnibility to Protect, Srebrenica, East Timor, Noam Chomsky, R2p, Security Council, Humanitarian Intervention, Cambodia, Holocaust, General Assembly, Kosovo and Darfur, Rwanda, Gareth Evans, World News
Betwa Sharma

Millions died not because the right doctrine was missing. There was no political will to act. The Council did not need R2P to intervene in Rwanda and it doesn't need it now.

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Protecting R2P

Lloyd Axworthy | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Responsibility to Protect, Kosovo, Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, Somalia, Kofi Annan, Nirupam Sen, R2p, Srebrenica, Un World Summitban Ki Moon, World News
Lloyd Axworthy

This week, a principle adopted by world leaders four years ago to prevent mass atrocity will face a crucial test.

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The UN's R2P Report Is Missing Out by Half

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Responsibility to Protect, Un, R2p, United Nations, World News
Amb. Swanee Hunt

It's tragic that R2P is not rising to the standard of inclusion mandated by the UN itself. Tragic, but understandable, since the traditional security paradigm was created by men for men.

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