CIAO DATE: 11/2010

The Relationship between the Responsibility to Protect and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

January 2009

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Abstract

The purpose of this briefing is to provide clarity on the relationship between R2P, a norm relating to the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, and the protection of civilians' agenda, a framework enhancing the protection of civilian populations from the effects of armed conflict.

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