Libya and the United Nations: Whose Responsibility to Protect?

2011 ◽  
pp. 99-101
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations and the Responsibility to Rebuild

2021 ◽  
pp. 274-287
Author(s):  
Alex J. Bellamy
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Relationship

Peacebuilding and statebuilding were integral parts of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) when the principle was first articulated in 2001. But since 2005 they have developed quite separately, creating a gap between the theories and practices of protection and peacebuilding. The effects of this gap are not just theoretical but practical too. The UN’s failure to properly follow through with rebuilding support in Libya contributed to that country’s descent into chaos and civil war, especially after 2013. Likewise a failure to incorporate atrocity-prevention concerns into ongoing peacebuilding efforts in places like Sri Lanka and the Central African Republic meant that the UN’s field presences did not do all they could to prevent atrocities or protect vulnerable populations. This chapter examines the relationship between peacebuilding and R2P in the UN context. It shows how the two were conceived as being mutually supporting activities but were separated during the UN’s wider deliberations on reform. It describes the effects of this gap between peacebuilding and protection before arguing that the two agendas are closely aligned and should be integrated. And it points to practical work to ensure that atrocity prevention is mainstreamed into peacebuilding efforts, and vice versa.

When Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect: The Responsibility to Protect in Lived Reality

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-48
Author(s):  
Alex J. Bellamy
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Moral Rights ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
The Third ◽  
Preliminary Examination ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Normative Standard

The implementation of principles such as the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is notoriously inconsistent. Some crises attract significant political attention and resources, others much less. This chapter briefly examines the question of consistency and inconsistency in the implementation of R2P since 2005. It argues for a broader understanding of protection, one that draws on a comprehensive universe of relevant cases and that includes all the different types of actors engaged in protection activities. It does so in four parts. The first outlines the normative standard established by R2P and the question of legal and moral rights and duties that are implied by this project. The second explains some of the recent crises that have exposed a gap between principle and practice. The third examines the question of how we understand and evaluate consistency in protection practices. The fourth provides a preliminary examination of practice since 2005, focusing on the United Nations’ experience on the ground.

R2P or Not R2P? More Statebuilding, Less Responsibility

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Chandler
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
World Summit ◽  
The United Nations

AbstractThis article is part of a forum on the report of the United Nations Secretary-General, 'Implementing the Responsibility to Protect', which was released on 12 January 2009. The report was written as a response to 'one of the cardinal challenges of our time, as posed in paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome: operationalizing the responsibility to protect'. The forum seeks to provide a range of perspectives on the report. It features contributions from Jennifer Welsh, Hugo Slim, David Chandler and Monica Serrano, and it concludes with a response from Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Edward Luck.

The Role of the United Nations, the African Union and Africa's Sub-Regional Organizations in Dealing with Africa's Human Rights Problems: Connecting Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Sarkin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Humanitarian Intervention ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Genocide Convention ◽  
African Union ◽  
Regional Institutions ◽  
African Context ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right

AbstractThis article examines the basis for humanitarian intervention (HI) in the United Nations Charter, the African Union (AU) Charter and in a number of African sub-regional institutions. It traces the historical development of HI and argues that, while the right to HI emerged more than 100 years ago, that right also emerges from the Genocide Convention. The article argues that this treaty connects HI to the developing norm of the responsibility to protect (R2P) and examines the extent to which R2P is garnering wider support around the world. It focuses on the UN, and the various AU and sub-regional institutions and instruments that sanction HI. It assesses whether intervention can be authorized even in the absence of a UN Security Council mandate and examines the principles, application and interrelationship of R2P and HI in the African context. It traces the use of these norms in Africa, including in the various sub-regional structures, and evaluates the AU's political will and capability to deal with conflict and human rights abuse.

Turning Words into Deeds? The Implementation of the 'Responsibility to Protect'

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Welsh
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
World Summit ◽  
The United Nations

AbstractThis article is part of a forum on the report of the United Nations Secretary-General, 'Implementing the Responsibility to Protect', which was released on 12 January 2009. The report was written as a response to 'one of the cardinal challenges of our time, as posed in paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome: operationalizing the responsibility to protect'. The forum seeks to provide a range of perspectives on the report. It features contributions from Jennifer Welsh, Hugo Slim, David Chandler and Monica Serrano, and it concludes with a response from Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Edward Luck.

The Adolescent: R2P at Fifteen

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-383
Author(s):  
Edward C. Luck
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
World Summit ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Abstract This contribution by the United Nations’ first Special Adviser for the Responsibility to Protect reflects on where R2P has been and where it is going fifteen years after it was approved at the World Summit of 2005.

The Red Cross and the human environment

1976 ◽  
Vol 16 (183) ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Vigne ◽  
J.-G.L.
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The United Nations

In the August 1972 issue of International Review, an article on the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment drew attention to one of the vital problems of our day. The importance of the subject was underlined in the seven-paragraph Declaration adopted in Stockholm in June 1972, expressing man's common interest in the preservation of our planet. The Declaration, comprising a preamble and a number of principles, stated, inter alia, the following:Man has the fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality which permits a life of dignity and well-being, and bears a solemn responsibility to protect and improve the environment for present and future generations.

Realizing the un’s Protection Promise: A Central Challenge for the Next Secretary-General

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-389
Author(s):  
Sebastian von Einsiedel ◽  
Louise Bosetti
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Nations

Today the relevance, legitimacy and credibility of the United Nations are widely seen as a function of its efforts to end civil wars and prevent the worst mass atrocities. Despite advances in recent years, the un’s protection record over the past decade is mixed. Considering the ever-growing global expectations of the un to protect populations from large-scale violence, along with a rise in protection risks, these issues will naturally feature highly on the agenda of António Guterres when he assumes the post of Secretary-General in January 2017. He will need to overcome a number of daunting challenges to ensure the un realizes its protection promise and restores the organization’s damaged credibility in this area. To achieve this, he will need to make progress on three fronts in particular: first, fostering a renewed consensus around the Responsibility to Protect norm; second, strengthening the ability of peace operations to implement protection mandates while ensuring that expectations are in line with what blue helmets can deliver; and third, improving the un’s response to severe human rights violations in non-mission settings.

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