Ten Years R2P - What Doesn't Kill a Norm Only Makes It Stronger?
Contestation, Application and Institutionalization of International Atrocity Prevention and Response
Published on 22. September 2015
Book
47 pages
978-3-942532-89-1 (ISBN)
Description
Ten years ago, the UN General Assembly officially adopted a collective responsibility
of the international community and each individual member State to prevent
mass atrocities - the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). R2P is a set of moral norms
intended to protect populations in all countries against genocide and other mass
atrocity crimes. Individual norms within the R2P, such as the responsibility of the
international community to respond to such crimes, are highly controversial and
have incited intense disagreement in the past. Have these controversies
weakened
or strengthened the R2P doctrine? How far has institutionalization of
the responsibility to protect advanced? In this report, Gregor P. Hofmann analyzes
the degree to which R2P has been acknowledged by states and draws attention
to possibilities for its further development on an international scale.
Gregor P. Hofmann is a research associate in the International Security and World
Order research department of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. His research
focuses on international R2P, the development of international norms, and the
role of notions of justice in international negotiations.
of the international community and each individual member State to prevent
mass atrocities - the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). R2P is a set of moral norms
intended to protect populations in all countries against genocide and other mass
atrocity crimes. Individual norms within the R2P, such as the responsibility of the
international community to respond to such crimes, are highly controversial and
have incited intense disagreement in the past. Have these controversies
weakened
or strengthened the R2P doctrine? How far has institutionalization of
the responsibility to protect advanced? In this report, Gregor P. Hofmann analyzes
the degree to which R2P has been acknowledged by states and draws attention
to possibilities for its further development on an international scale.
Gregor P. Hofmann is a research associate in the International Security and World
Order research department of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. His research
focuses on international R2P, the development of international norms, and the
role of notions of justice in international negotiations.