Using the 20th Anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) to Progress Atrocity Prevention

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review brings together recommendations on atrocity prevention and implementing the Responsibility to Protect recommendations.

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a global political commitment to protect people from atrocity crimes, a term which encompasses genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It places responsibilities on individual states to protect their citizens from atrocity crimes and, should they fall short, on the international community to do so.

As the 20th anniversary of R2P approaches, this review collates key recommendations on R2P and atrocity prevention: a) specifically for the UK; b) for individual states in general; c) for international bodies (notably UN entities); and d) other measures to strengthen R2P implementation.

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