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responsibility to protect

reh-spon-sih-BIL-ih-tee to pro-TECT

rɪˌspɒnsɪˈbɪlɪti tə prəˈtɛkt

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responsibilitytoprotect

Dictionary meaning

International norm (R2P) holding that states have a responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity

Examples

  • The responsibility to protect was unanimously adopted at the 2005 World Summit.
  • Critics debate how the responsibility to protect should be operationalized without enabling interventionism.

Synonyms: R2P

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