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Moving Upstream and Going Local: The Responsibility to Protect Ten Years Later

Author(s) -

Bridget Moix

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

politics and governance

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.746

H-Index - 18

ISSN - 2183-2463

DOI - 10.17645/pag.v3i3.311

Subject(s) - responsibility to protect , crimes against humanity , genocide , peacebuilding , political science , international community , doctrine , ethnic cleansing , war crime , ethnic conflict , criminology , ethnic group , political economy , development economics , law , human rights , international law , sociology , politics , economics

Ten years ago the international community pledged to protect civilians from genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by endorsing the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine. Yet today, horrific violence against civilians continues in places like Syria, Iraq, and South Sudan. This article examines some of the progress and gaps in the international community’s efforts to better protect civilians against mass violence over the past decade. It proposes two emerging directions for advancing the R2P agenda in the coming years: 1) greater focus on upstream prevention, and 2) increased support for locally-led peacebuilding and prevention actors and capacities. (author's abstract

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