Stopping Mass Atrocities: Introduction to R2P

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Stopping Mass Atrocities: Introduction to R2P
UC Berkeley Educational Technology Services
1 hr 26 min - Mar 14, 2007

Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect

Introduction to R2P
This panel will explore the political, historical, and legal underpinnings of the responsibility to protect. It will address the promise and potential of the emerging norm, as well as the challenges to its practical implementation. The discussion will consider the perspectives of scholars, policy makers, local and national government officials, UN representatives, and military personnel, among others.
- Jerry Sanders, Peace and Conflict Studies, UC Berkeley, moderator
- Richard Cooper, R2P Coalition
- Steve Crawshaw, Human Rights Watch
- Heidi Hulan, Canadian Mission to the United Nations
- Ramesh Thakur, UN University

Hosted by the Human Rights Center in cooperation with Genocide Intervention Network, Human Rights Watch.

Conference partners include: Amnesty International, Center for American Progress, Consulate General of Canada, International Crisis Group, Progressive Students of Faith, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, STAND-UC Berkeley, World Affairs Council of Northern California, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy.

Supported by Humanity United, with additional funding from the Darian and Rick Swig Philanthropic Fund.

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