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Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Syria Veto Costs Lives: U.N. Security Council Members Must Uphold Their ‘Responsibility to Protect’ 1 February 2012
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Calls on States' Responsibility to Protect during Security Council Syria Debate 31 January 2012
SG Ban Ki-moon, UN News - Address to Stanley Foundation Conference on the RtoP 18 January 2012
Stanley Foundation Conference - R2P: The Next Decade 18 January 2012
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - R2P Monitor 10 January 2012
United States Institute of Peace - Prevention Newsletter includes article on 'Responsibility while Protecting' 9 January 2012
Amnesty International - Arab League should clarify human rights situation in Syria 6 January 2012
Doctors without Borders –Press release: Thousands of civilians flee for their lives 3 January 2012
United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 20 December 2011
Call for Papers: “Resisting the Path to Genocide” Second Annual Workshop 20 December 2011
AllAfrica- Cote d'Ivoire: Laurent Gbagbo and the ICC 19 December 2011
FIDH- Joint call by Civil Society to the UN Security Council: Urgent action needed to provide protection to civilians in Syria and to ensure accountability 19 December 2011
Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary General- Secretary-General’s Year-End Press Conference 14 December 2011
Romeo Dallaire, Frank Chalk and Kyle Matthews, Ottawa Citizen- Don’t Let the DRC Go Up in Flames 13 December 2011
Office of the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide- Special Advisers of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Francis Deng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Edward Luck, on the contemporary relevance of the com 9 December 2011
Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide, Francis Deng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Edward Luck, on the contemporary relevance of the commitment to prevent genocide and related crimes 9 December 2011
Gareth Evans, Foreign Policy- End of the Argument 8 December 2011
FIDH- Yemen: The European Union Should Uphold Accountability for Ongoing Human Rights Violations Committed against Civilians 5 December 2011
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at Human Rights Council calls for Syria referral to International Criminal Court 2 December 2011
Michael Emerson, Center for European Policy Studies- The Responsibility to Protect and Regime Change 1 December 2011
Irwin Cotler, Ottawa Citizen- Syrians Die While the World Dithers 29 November 2011
Syrian forces have committed crimes against humanity – UN rights panel 28 November 2011
Kyle Matthews and Jonathan Hutson, Embassy Magazine- Using Witnesses in the Fight for Human Rights; Canada Should Leverage its Arab League Links to Pressure Russia and China on Syria 23 November 2011
Amitai Etzioni, Foreign Affairs- Point of Order: Is China More Westphalian Than the West? 23 November 2011
Jared Genser, Irwin Cotler; Preface: Desmond Tutu and Vaclav Havel, Oxford University Press- “The Responsibility to Protect: "The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocity in Our Times” 23 November 2011
Oxford University Press- The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in Our Times 22 November 2011
Tarak Barkawi, Al Jazeera- Intervention Without Responsibility 22 November 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect- Syria at a Crossroads: UN General Assembly Must Uphold Their Responsibility to Protect 21 November 2011
e-International Relations- The Responsibility to Protect: Challenges & Opportunities in Light of the Libyan Intervention 21 November 2011
Human Rights Watch- Arab League: Ensure Effective Syria Monitoring Mission 19 November 2011
Martha Hall Findlay, iPolitics- Can Responsibility to Protect Survive Libya and Syria? 18 November 2011
International Crisis Group- The Lord’s Resistance Army: End Game? 17 November 2011
Former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy to present 'The Responsibility to Protect' at University of Minnesota Law School 16 November 2011
EUISS: R2P in Syria — How to surmount the inaction of the UN Security Council? 16 November 2011
FIDH- Disregarding the Warnings of the UN Security Council, Yemen Continues its Murderous Repression 16 November 2011
Gareth Evans, The New York Times- The Lesson of Libya 15 November 2011
Amnesty International: Arab League vote to suspend Syria puts pressure on Security Council to act 14 November 2011
Union of European Federalists- Resolution “UEF Support to the Responsibility to Protect Principle” 13 November 2011
J.L. Granatstein, The Ottawa Citizen- Should Canada Focus on Keeping the Peace? No 12 November 2011
Anne-Marie Slaughter- The Atlantic: How the world can peacefully intervene in Syria 11 November 2011
Human Rights Watch- Syria: Crimes Against Humanity in Homs 11 November 2011
Marc Lynch- Foreign Policy: Arab leaders shouldn’t kill their people? 11 November 2011
12th Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 9 November 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect- Policy Brief: The Lord’s Resistance Army and the Responsibility to Protect 9 November 2011
Refugees International- Libya: Protect Vulnerable Minorities & Assist Civilians Harmed 8 November 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect- Background Briefing: Responsibility to Protect after Libya and Cote D’Ivoire 7 November 2011
GCR2P--4th Annual Ministerial Meeting Summary: Responding to Imminent Threats of Mass Atrocities 2 November 2011
Amnesty International Report- Health Crisis: Syrian Government Targets the Wounded and Health Workers 25 October 2011
Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on United Nations Day 24 October 2011
FIDH- Open Letter: UN General Assembly Should Condemn the Violence in Syria 23 October 2011
Amnesty International- UN Security Council Resolution on Yemen Falls Short 22 October 2011
The Stanley Foundation- Policy Memo: Structuring the US Government to Prevent Atrocities: Considerations for an Atrocities Prevention Board 18 October 2011
FIDH- Silence is not an option! Syrians cannot afford to wait: Arab and International civil society present measures to the League of Arab States to intensify leadership on Syria 17 October 2011
Human Rights Watch- IBSA: Push Syria to end bloodshed Human Rights Watch 16 October 2011
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Urges United International Action to Protect Syrians 14 October 2011
Amnesty International- Libya: Detention Abuses Staining the New Libya 13 October 2011
Javier Solana- Failing the Syria Test 13 October 2011
Foreign Policy Journal- The End of the Responsibility to Protect? 12 October 2011
Human Rights Watch- Libya: Protect Civilians in Sirte Fighting 12 October 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect- Background Briefing: Highlights from the Opening of the 66th United Nations General Assembly 11 October 2011
The Stanley Foundation's Rachel Gerber- Prevention: Core to the Responsibility to Protect 10 October 2011
Gareth Evans: Responding to Mass Atrocity Crimes: The “Responsibility to Protect” After Libya 6 October 2011
FIDH- Call for strong and urgent Security Council action on Syria 30 September 2011
International Crisis Group- Conflict Risk Alert: Stopping the Spread of Sudan's New Civil War 30 September 2011
Madariaga and Folke Bernadotte Academy publish Brussels May conference report 'Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities' 27 September 2011
FIDH- Human Rights Council Draft Resolution on Yemen Out of Line with Past Action on Libya and Syria 27 September 2011
Human Rights Watch- Guinea: Two years on, stadium massacre unpunished 27 September 2011
Amnesty International- Sudan: Support for Human Rights Protection Must Not Be Based on Falsehoods 26 September 2011
International Crisis Group- Guinea: Putting the Transition Back on Track 23 September 2011
Joint Statement- Ministerial Roundtable Discussion on Responsibility to Protect: Responding to Imminent Threats of Mass Atrocities 23 September 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect: Open Letter to United Nations Member States in Advance of GA Opening 20 September 2011
Ramesh Thakur: Has R2P Worked in Libya? 19 September 2011
Inter Press Service: U.N. Security Council Fiddles While Syria Burns 16 September 2011
Amnesty International: Human Rights Agenda for Change 13 September 2011
Amnesty International: The Battle for Libya 13 September 2011
NATO Watch: How Good is NATO after Libya? 8 September 2011
UN Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect on the Situation in South Kordofan State, Sudan 7 September 2011
Human Rights Council decides to dispatch a commission of inquiry to investigate human rights violations in the Syrian Arab Republic 23 August 2011
Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights released Report of the Fact-Finding Mission in Syria 18 August 2011
UN News - UN urges inquiry into alleged war crimes in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state 15 August 2011
White House: Presidential Proclamation - Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Participate in Serious Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Violations and Other Abuses 4 August 2011
White House - Creation of an Interagency Atrocities Prevention Board and Corresponding Interagency Review 4 August 2011
UN News - Syria: Security Council condemns rights abuses and use of force against civilians 3 August 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Open Statement on Atrocities in South Kordofan 20 July 2011
Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Role of Regional and Sub-regional Arrangements in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect 13 July 2011
Coalition for the ICC to hold panel event on International Justice Day 11 July 2011
Ambassador Herman Schaper of the Netherlands Issues Statement at IPI Policy Forum: "Responsibility to Protect: An Emerging Principle" 30 June 2011
David Sullivan and John Prendergast - It’s time for action on Sudan 22 June 2011
Council of the European Union calls for enhancement of RtoP in Foreign Affairs Council meeting 20 June 2011
Brookings Institute - Libya and the Responsibility to Protect 16 June 2011
The Sudan Council of Churches - South Kordofan: reports of mass atrocities 10 June 2011
Council of Europe shows support for RtoP in document on priorities for 66th session of the General Assembly 10 June 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Open Letter to the Security Council on the Situation in Syria 9 June 2011
Amnesty International - Lack of Justice Could Fuel New Violence in Kyrgyzstan 8 June 2011
Amnesty International - UN Urged to Act Following Deadly Weekend in Syria 6 June 2011
Office of the Special Advisers on the Responsibility to Protect and the Prevention of Genocide - Special Advisers Issue Press Release on the Situation in Syria 2 June 2011
ICRtoP Member, IRRI, and five other NGOs release letter to Dr. Jean Ping, Chairman of the African Union, on the Situation in Abyei 2 June 2011
Human Rights Council - Report of the International Commission of Inquiry in Libya 1 June 2011
Amnesty International - Côte d’Ivoire: Both Sides Responsible for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity 25 May 2011
Kevin Rudd - Sovereignty as Responsibility: Protecting the Rights of Inividuals Within States 25 May 2011
RtoP excerpts from the Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 10 May 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - The Relationship between the Responsibility to Protect and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 9 May 2011
Special Session of Human Rights Council on Syria: Deputy High Commissioner denounces violence and recalls Syria's Responsibility to Protect 29 April 2011
ICRtoP - Summary: Panel of Experts find credible reports of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka 26 April 2011
Jacob Blaustein Institute - Publication of Compilation of Risk Factors and Legal Norms for the Prevention of Genocide 15 April 2011
Ban ki Moon message for commemoration of Rwandan Genocide reflects on RtoP, international justice and role of regional organizations in ensuring 'never again' 28 March 2011
UN ASG for Peacekeeping warns of "long-planned ethnic cleansing, genocide" in Cote D'Ivoire 25 March 2011
Paul Kagame - AllAfrica.com: Rwandans Know Why Gaddafi Must Be Stopped 24 March 2011
Australia delivers joint statement on RtoP on behalf of 55 States at Human Rights Council 23 March 2011
Ban says historic resolution was clearly the international community fulfilling its responsibility to protect 18 March 2011
UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect on the Situation in Abyei Region of Sudan 16 March 2011
The Arab League: Outcome of the Council in its extraordinary session on Libya 12 March 2011
European Parliament Resolution of 10 March 2011 on the Southern Neighbourhood, and Libya in particular 10 March 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and ICRtoP - Open Letter to the Security Council on the Situation in Libya 4 March 2011
UNSC – Security Council imposes tough measures on Libyan regime, references RtoP in newly adopted Resolution 1970 26 February 2011
Statement by the Group of Friends on Responsibility to Protect on the situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 25 February 2011
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Open Statement on the Situation in Libya 22 February 2011
OHCHR - Pillay calls for international inquiry into Libyan violence and justice for victims 22 February 2011
Urgent NGO Appeal to World Leaders to Stop Atrocities in Libya 22 February 2011
UN Secretary-General Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Francis Deng, and Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, Edward Luck, on the Situation in Libya 22 February 2011
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon- Urges implementation of ‘responsibility to protect’ – by force if needed 3 February 2011
Human Rights Watch - Sudan: New Attacks on Civilians in Darfur; South Sudan Referendum Should Not Distract From New Abuses 28 January 2011
Human Rights Watch- Gbagbo Should Rein in Supporters; Rampant Killings Require Robust UN Response 26 January 2011
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 26 January 2011
UN GA votes to fund three additional staff in the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide 25 January 2011
Deteriorating Situation In Darfur Of Great Concern Warn NGOs 8 January 2011
pdf Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - The Responsibility to Protect and Sudan: An update 7 January 2011
pdf Ivory Coast --Statement by the Special Advisors for the prevention of genocide and the Responsibility to Protect 29 December 2010
pdf Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Open Statement on the Lord's Resistance Army 14 December 2010
UN News - Secretary-General stresses global responsibility to prevent genocide 9 December 2010
Upcoming Event , 6-7 December - Global Conference on Preventive Action at the EU parliament 2 December 2010
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issues statement on violence in Guinea referring to RtoP 3 November 2010
Compilation of RtoP excerpts from Member States in support of the norm at GA 18 October 2010
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect -- Sudan: Fulfilling the Responsibility to Protect 6 October 2010
Global Centre for RtoP -Open letter to Member States -Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Responsibility to Protect 23 September 2010
General Assembly Interactive Dialogue on Early Warning, Assessment and the Responsibility to Protect 9 August 2010
United States of America - Senate Resolution (DAV10643) on Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities 5 August 2010
Letter from the Office of the President of the General Assembly Convening Informal GA Dialogue on Early Warning, Assessment and RtoP 29 July 2010
Report of the Secretary General (A/64/864, 14 July 2010) on Early Warning, Assessment and the Responsibility to Protect 14 July 2010
GCR2P - Open Letter to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Kyrgyzstan 24 June 2010
ICG/HRW - Joint Letter to the Security Council Regarding the Ongoing Crisis in Kyrgyzstan 18 June 2010
GCR2P - Open Letter on the Situation in Kyrgyzstan 16 June 2010
UN-Special Advisers of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect on the Situation in Kyrgyzstan 15 June 2010
GCR2P - Open Letter to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Sudan 11 June 2010
White House Releases May 2010 National Security Strategy with Reference to RtoP 28 May 2010
Council of the EU: EU Priorities for the 65th United Nations General Assembly 25 May 2010
Global Centre for R2P policy brief, “Atrocities in Nigeria’s Plateau State and the Responsibility to Protect” 15 April 2010
Stanley Foundation Releases Comprehensive Report on its January conference 22 March 2010
UN Secretary General Releases Human Security Report with references to RtoP 8 March 2010
pdf Global Centre for R2P--Applying the Responsibility to Protect to Burma/Myanmar 5 March 2010
Global Centre for R2P--The International Response to 28 September 2009 Massacre in Guinea and the Responsibility to Protect 13 January 2010
RtoP included in Protection of Civilians resolution, heavily featured in Security Council POC debate 11 November 2009
UN Resolution on the Responsibility to Protect 7 October 2009
General Assembly debate on the Responsibility to Protect and Informal Interactive Dialogue 29 September 2009
Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies report: Mobilizing the Will to Intervene 22 September 2009
ICRtoP Report on the General Assembly debate on the Responsibility to Protect 16 September 2009
Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) 21 July 2009
Schedule for week of General Assembly Debate on the Responsibility to Protect 17 July 2009
UN General Assembly debate on the Responsibility to Protect scheduled 9 July 2009
web page US Ambassador Susan Rice on RtoP at Vienna Seminar 15 June 2009
Report of the Independent Fact Finding Committee On Gaza: No Safe Place 30 April 2009
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Report: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect 30 January 2009

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