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SUMMARY:Can International Law Stop Genocide? Investigating Whether States 
 Have a Responsibility to Protect - Kiran Basra
DTSTART:20240514T121000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
DESCRIPTION:Since the origin of international law\, the dichotomy between 
 state sovereignty and human rights has prioritized non-interference at the
  cost of millions of innocent lives. The devastating reality of the Rwanda
 n Genocide forced states to reconsider this commitment\, and prompted norm
 ative deliberations about if\, when\, and how to intervene in such emergen
 cies. This catalyzed the establishment of the Responsibility to Protect (R
 2P)\, a norm which promised to end the perpetuation of mass atrocity crime
 s through prevention\, intervention\, and rebuilding. Twenty-three years a
 fter R2P's inception\, large-scale human rights violations continue to per
 sist in regions such as Palestine\, Sudan\, and the DRC\, raising the ques
 tion: how effective is R2P in preventing and responding to humanitarian cr
 ises? Through the assessment of R2P's role in Syria\, Libya\, Kenya\, Côt
 e d'Ivoire\, and Burundi\, this seminar sheds light on the strengths and w
 eaknesses of the Responsibility to Protect in the 21st century\, and inter
 national law's ability to address mass atrocity crimes. 
LOCATION:Richard King room\, Darwin College
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