Genocide and Mass cases. The responsibility to protect (R2P)

Tough cases: Genocide and Mass cases. The responsibility to protect (R2P) Order Description Tough Cases: Genocide and Mass Atrocities: The Responsibility to Protect (R2P): Question 1) Does the responsibility to protect exist? Question 2) Why do some people argue that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a hollow doctrine, and can anything realistically be done to give R2P more substance? Use your readings from this week to support your answer. REVIEW: 1) Look at the international response to genocide and mass atrocities. 2) Explore the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine along with it's almost immediate failure in Darfur. 3) The Arab Spring uprising in Libya offers the international community another chance to invoke R2P, but the outcome left many in doubt as to the future of R2P. 4) Look at a short video from TED Talks by Janine di Giovanni. OBJECTIVES: • Evaluate the efforts of regional and global intergovernmental organizations in ending violent conflict. • Produce a solution appropriate to a current conflict. REFERENCES: Videos: "Frontline: On Our Watch" "Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making - Never Again - A Reality with Gareth Evans" Reading: Bellamy, Alex J. 2008. Conflict prevention and the responsibility to protect. Global Governance 14: 135-156. Sharma, Serena K. 2010. Toward a global responsibility to protect: setbacks on the path to implementation. Global Governance 16: 121-138. Wennmann, Achim. 2011. Breaking the conflict trap? Addressing the resource curse in peace processes. Global Governance 17: 265-279. Williams, Paul D. and Alex J. Bellamy. 2012. Principles, Politics, and Prudence: Libya, the Responsibility to Protect, and the Use of Military Force. Global Governance 18: 273-297. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: BBC Coverage of the Genocide in Rwanda Gourevitch, Philip. 1998. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.