responsibility to protect

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responsibility to protect

human rights principle

Also known as: R2P

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Human rights in the United Nations
…the principle of the “responsibility to protect” (often called R2P). Under this principle, states have a responsibility to protect their civilian populations against genocide and other mass human rights atrocities. If they fail to do so, according to the R2P principle, states forfeit their sovereign immunity, and the international…
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…the principle of the “responsibility to protect” (often called R2P). Under this principle, states have a responsibility to protect their civilian populations against genocide and other mass human rights atrocities. If they fail to do so, according to the R2P principle, states forfeit their sovereign immunity, and the international…
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