the united nations and the responsibility to protect (r2p)
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The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Isa van der DriftCedar Ridge High School
What is the most important role of the UN?
• Peace building?• International Government?• Peacekeeping?• Preventing wars?
Relation to UN• Founded on the grounds of…
o preventing another World Waro preventing mass atrocities
What is R2P?• R2P is the obligation to
protect and help other citizens of the world wheno Government can’to Government won’t
• Belief that nation-states are required to act in their peoples’ best interests
Why is it important?
• We are all members of the global community
• Governments must protect their peopleo U.N. is a “global government”
• Responsibility to assist nations who can not assist themselves
“Never Again”• After the Holocaust, U.N.
said “never again”• Yet, we had countless
examples of Crimes Against Humanity (CAH);o Rwandao Cambodiao Syria
• Why?
History of R2P
• Idea originated after 1994 Rwandan genocideo U.N. and other nations
failed to act• Actual term originated in
2000 at the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS)o Created in the form of a
doctrine
R2P Doctrine
• Important points:o Sovereignty: responsibility, not a righto First state, then International
Community/U.N.• 3 Responsibilities
o Prevent, react, rebuild• Military Intervention: last resort
Military Intervention• Last Resort
o All others must have been used
• Right intento To halt human
suffering• Proportional
o Minimum intervention • Consequence of action
less than consequence of inaction
Rwanda
• Government was unable to stop genocide• Hutu killing Tutsis, as well as Hutus not
supporting actions• U.N. and International Community not
actingo Debating genocide vs. acts of genocide
• 800,000 people killed
Syria• Bashar al-Assad using
chemical weapons against civilianso Government unwilling to
protect people• U.N. in political
gridlock• International
Community not doing anything
• Current peace talks not working.
Central African Republic (CAR)
• Government unable to control/help people
• Muslim and Christian communities fighting
• U.N. refusing to helpo Relying on other
nations• Members of E.U. are
supplying troopso France, Belgium
Libya
• Fear that Benghazi would be attacked• Military intervention used in Libya
o Not a last resorto NATO- not U.N.
• Despite use of R2P, international community not happy with use of military interventiono Chain of intervention
Faults with U.N. system• Security Council
o Veto Powerso Gridlock
• National security vs. Human security
• Chain of intervention• Sovereignty
Solutions: UNSC• Security Council
o Reformo Veto Powerso Pressure
Solutions: National vs. Human Security
• Emphasize importance of human security
• Political outlook• People vs. Politics
o Russia
Solutions: Chain of Intervention
• Resolution directing specific chain of interventiono Prevent military involvement
• Potential chain:o Preventiono Humanitarian Aido Negotiationo Military Intervention
Solutions: Sovereignty
• What is sovereignty today?• Change the definition
o Responsibility to protect peopleo Sovereignty is irrelevant when government
can’t protect
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