R2P – The Next Decade

25 Jan 2012

On 18 January 2012, the Stanley Foundation – in partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the MacArthur Foundation – hosted a conference on the Responsibility to Protect. The conference reflected upon the past experiences and contemporary realities associated with this controversial concept, and considered what future prospects and challenges R2P might face.

R2P in the past

This panel reflects on the historical foundations of R2P as well as the normative, political, and operational dynamics that have formed the concept.

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R2P at home

What does exercising R2P mean for the internal and foreign policy of individual states? In this panel, the discussion evaluates the needs, opportunities and challenges officials face when trying to integrate R2P within national policy.

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R2P in 2022

This panel projects a vision of how R2P can and should develop over the coming decade, and discusses future challenges to the concept as global events unfold.

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Keynote speech by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

The Secretary-General reflects on the state and future of R2P, outlining key priorities for its development over the course of his second term.

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