R2P

American

[ahr-tuh-pee] / ˈɑr təˈpi /

Or Rto P

abbreviation

responsibility to protect: the global principle that nations have an obligation to protect their populations against genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity, and that the international community must assist if necessary.

The United Nations invoked R2P to authorize delivery of humanitarian aid.

First recorded in 2005, following the United Nations' World Summit

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R2P

This raises the question of what exactly invoking R2P would mean in this case.

From Slate ● May 24, 2021

“They think that R2P means military coming in and supporting. But R2P is a broad range.”

From Slate ● May 24, 2021

The so-called R2P framework was adopted at the 2005 U.N.

From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2018

So Luck points to a “second route” he and others have deployed to define R2P.

From Time ● Mar. 4, 2011

But R2P advocates are at pains to emphasize that these scenarios are not the major testing grounds of the doctrine.

From Time ● Mar. 4, 2011

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