Founding Purposes of the Coalition
As agreed to by the founding Steering Committee on 27-28 January 2009, the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect will pursue the following purposes:
- Strengthen normative consensus for RtoP at the international, regional, sub-regional and national levels.
- Push for governments, regional and sub-regional organizations and the UN to strengthen capacities to prevent and halt genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
- Further the understanding of RtoP among governments, NGOs, and the public.
- Help build and fortify a like-minded group of governments in support of RtoP.
- Mobilize NGOs to push for action to save lives in RtoP country-specific situations.
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