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RtoP Educational Tools One of the main priorities to advance the Responsibility to Protect is for actors at all levels to understand what governments committed to at the 2005 World Summit when they recognized that all Member States and the international community have a responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. The following links are tools designed for civil society, government officials and individuals to increase their understanding of RtoP and how to further the advance of the norm. These documents are updated with the latest developments on RtoP and we hope they are helpful resources to our partners, old and new. _________________________________________________________________________________ 2011: National endorsements of Responsibility to Protect: policy papers, strategy documents and focal points States have begun to reflect their continued support for RtoP by including references to the norm in government documents/actions. This chart includes excerpts of the inclusion of RtoP at the national level.
2011: FAQ on the Impact of Action in Libya on the Responsibility to Protect ICRtoP has responded to frequently-asked-questions on the impact of the application of the Responsibility to Protect to the war crimes and crimes against humanity alleged to have occurred in Libya. The document focuses on how the international community responded to the crisis and why the response was consistent with the RtoP framework. 2011: Clarifying the Third Pillar of the Responsibility to Protect: Timely and Decisive Response Too often, Member States, media and NGOs conflate the third pillar of the Responsibility to Protect with the use of force. This two-page document spells out the many measures that fall under the third pillar, and the actors involved in implementing these measures. 2011: Secretary-General’s Report on the Role of Regional and Sub-regional arrangements in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect This theme and report were developed through an informal dialogue. See ICRtoP summary of the report and overview of the dialogue. 2011: Latest Developments at the UN since the World Summit This document describes important normative advancements since the 2005 World Summit, including the Security Council Resolution 1674 on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, Resolution 1706 authorizing UN peacekeeping troops to Darfur, and the appointment of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Special Adviser to the Secretary General with a focus on the Responsibility to Protect. The document also describes some of the setbacks since 2005.
This document analyses the need to develop a gendered response to conflct and how the Responsibility to Protect complements existing commitments to protect women's human rights and can act as a tool for incorporating women's leadership in preventing and stopping mass atrocity crimes.
This comprehensive document includes background and summary of the controversial OHCHR Mapping Exercise covering serious violations of international law in the DRC between 1993 and 2003.
2010: Secretary-General’s Report on Early Warning and Assessment: This theme and report were developed through an informal dialogue at the General Assembly. See ICRtoP summary of the report and overview of the dialogue.
This brochure gives an overview of RtoP, addressing why RtoP is necessary as well as the existing international support for the norm. The document also provides important information about the International Coalition. English, French and Spanish versions are available.
2010: What did governments from your region say at the General Assembly debate on the Responsibility to Protect? Under this link, you'll find five documents which outline the positions of Member States from the five major regions during the July 2009 General Assembly debate on the Responsibility to Protect. 2009: ICRtoP Report on the July General Assembly Debate on the Responsibility to Protect This ICRtoP report provides context for the July 2009 General Assembly Debate on RtoP, an overview of the concerns raised, areas of consensus and divergence among governments, and the challenges facing the UN, governments and civil society in the coming months. 2009: Summary of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons report on the Responsibility to Protect This summary, compiled by ICRtoP, offers a summary of Secretary-General Ban ki-Moons January 2009 report, the first comprehensive UN document on implementing the Responsibility to Protect.  2009: Global Consultative Roundtables on the Responsibility to Protect: Civil Society Perspectives and Recommendations for ActionThis report details the conclusions of seven civil society roundtables held from February to August 2008 in Thailand, Canada, Argentina, Uganda, South Africa, France, and Ghana. The report includes common challenges in actualizing R2P, common themes from all roundtables, and participant-suggested strategies and activities for each region to advance R2P. 2008: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Primer
This document provides a basic introduction to the Responsibility to Protect (see Spanish version) 2008: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Frequently Asked Questions This document offers answers to more recent but commonly asked questions about the Responsibility to Protect norm.  (See Spanish version)2007: R2PCS Brochure This comprehensive brochure explains the process leading to the 2005 World Summit and the endorsement of RtoP. It includes quotes from governments and the media, as well as ideas for how civil society can push RtoP principles forward. We also include a timeline of some of the international communitys worst failures to protect populations during the 1990s to put RtoP into context.
This R2PCS document presents some of the most commonly asked questions regarding RtoP that have been raised in our conversations with governments, NGOs, academics and the media and provide detailed responses.
2005: A Summary of ICISS Report This summary, compiled by R2PCS, highlights the many important recommendations of the 2001 report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty that first introduced the RtoP concept. |