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The responsibility to protect (R2P or RtoP) is a global political commitment which was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit in order to address its four key concerns to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
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AlterNet, 19 September 2005, "A Triumph for Decency at the U.N." – on the "Responsibility to Protect" Ian Williams, The Guardian, 20 September 2005, "Annan has paid his dues: The UN declaration of a right to protect people from their governments is a millennial change" Environment and Poverty Times – Summit 2005 Edition
Advocates of the responsibility to protect have asserted that nation states that fail to fulfill their essential purpose to protect their people against genocide and other crimes against humanity lose their legitimate right to claim sovereignty. In such circumstances, the United Nations, regional organizations, and other transnational ...
The responsibility to protect (R2P) is a widely endorsed and developing norm aimed at preventing humanitarian atrocities. [1] China has been receptive towards the development of R2P since its inception in 2001, [2] despite China's traditional tendency to obstruct engagement in humanitarian crises. [3]
R2P asserts that, 'when a state is unwilling or unable to protect its citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, it is the responsibility of the international community to not only react, but to prevent conflict and rebuild the afflicted region' (' "The Responsibility to Protect", International Commission ...
DHDR Article 33 emphasises the duty and responsibility to respect, protect and promote the rights of the child, following the content of the almost universally ratified UN Convention on the Right of the Child (1989) and aware, that although this document is shared broadly by the international community, today millions of children are still ...
UNFCCC 1992, Article 3 paragraph 1, "The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.