Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 11/2013

Tools, Tasks and Tough Thinking: Sanctions and R2P

George A. Lopez

October 2013

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Abstract

The international community has a wide range of measures available to halt the perpetration of mass atrocities. In the Global Centre's newest policy brief, "Tools, Tasks and Tough Thinking: Sanctions and R2P," Dr. George Lopez, an internationally renowned sanctions expert, provides an overview of this important tool and how the international community may use sanctions to protect threatened populations and uphold their collective Responsibility to Protect.