To kick off #R2P20 last week, on 26 February the Group of Friends of #R2P convened an Ambassador-level meeting to discuss the interlinkages between #R2P, atrocity prevention and peacebuilding with ASG for @unpeacebuilding.bsky.social Elizabeth Spehar.
March 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
To kick off #R2P20 last week, on 26 February the Group of Friends of #R2P convened an Ambassador-level meeting to discuss the interlinkages between #R2P, atrocity prevention and peacebuilding with ASG for @unpeacebuilding.bsky.social Elizabeth Spehar.
As we continue to commemorate #R2P20 I spoke w/ Adama Dieng to revisit some highlights of multilateral response to atrocity risks during his time as UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention. He also a discusses his new role as AU Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide & Other Mass Atrocities.
🎙️ In our 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast our @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social sat down with Adama Dieng, African Union (AU) Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities and Deputy Chair of the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
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Episode 43: Adama Dieng
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), this year we are featuring a special series of interviews with experts, practitioners, academics and civil society and human rights
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April 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
As we continue to commemorate #R2P20 I spoke w/ Adama Dieng to revisit some highlights of multilateral response to atrocity risks during his time as UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention. He also a discusses his new role as AU Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide & Other Mass Atrocities.
Today, we honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in #Rwanda by calling upon states to uphold their #R2P populations at risk of atrocities today.
As we also mark #R2P20 this year, we remind states that R2P provides a framework for prevention and response to these atrocities.
#WeRemember #Kwibuka31
As we also mark #R2P20 this year, we remind states that R2P provides a framework for prevention and response to these atrocities.
#WeRemember #Kwibuka31
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today, we honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in #Rwanda by calling upon states to uphold their #R2P populations at risk of atrocities today.
As we also mark #R2P20 this year, we remind states that R2P provides a framework for prevention and response to these atrocities.
#WeRemember #Kwibuka31
As we also mark #R2P20 this year, we remind states that R2P provides a framework for prevention and response to these atrocities.
#WeRemember #Kwibuka31
At the #UNGA80 ministerial-level meeting on #R2P20, our ED @savitapawnday.bsky.social warned that #R2P has been “painfully tested” amid atrocities in 🇵🇸🇲🇲🇸🇩🇸🇾🇭🇹 and more. Early warning must become early action. Courage cannot wait for convenience.
Full remarks ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuT...
Full remarks ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuT...
Remarks by GCR2P Executive Director Savita Pawnday at the UNGA80 R2P20 Ministerial-Level Meeting
YouTube video by Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
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September 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
At the #UNGA80 ministerial-level meeting on #R2P20, our ED @savitapawnday.bsky.social warned that #R2P has been “painfully tested” amid atrocities in 🇵🇸🇲🇲🇸🇩🇸🇾🇭🇹 and more. Early warning must become early action. Courage cannot wait for convenience.
Full remarks ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuT...
Full remarks ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KuT...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document that established the Responsibility to Protect principle.
We are looking forward to commemorating this important year through a number of exciting events & initiatives.
#R2P20
We are looking forward to commemorating this important year through a number of exciting events & initiatives.
#R2P20
February 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document that established the Responsibility to Protect principle.
We are looking forward to commemorating this important year through a number of exciting events & initiatives.
#R2P20
We are looking forward to commemorating this important year through a number of exciting events & initiatives.
#R2P20
We'd like to thank our partners and colleagues for their dedication to protecting populations from atrocities. This year we’ve amplified voices of affected communities and strengthened capacity to prevent atrocities.
We look forward to working together next year and marking #R2P20!
We look forward to working together next year and marking #R2P20!
December 16, 2024 at 1:48 PM
We'd like to thank our partners and colleagues for their dedication to protecting populations from atrocities. This year we’ve amplified voices of affected communities and strengthened capacity to prevent atrocities.
We look forward to working together next year and marking #R2P20!
We look forward to working together next year and marking #R2P20!
As we mark #R2P20, digital deregulation is putting lives at risk. In this 🆕 piece our @sarah-hunter-ewing.bsky.social warns that walking back content moderation enables hate, incitement & atrocities, from #Myanmar to #Ethiopia.
Tech policy is atrocity prevention.
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Tech policy is atrocity prevention.
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
The Perils of Loosening Hate Speech Protections - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
As the international community marks the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a global political commitment to prevent and protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes aga...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As we mark #R2P20, digital deregulation is putting lives at risk. In this 🆕 piece our @sarah-hunter-ewing.bsky.social warns that walking back content moderation enables hate, incitement & atrocities, from #Myanmar to #Ethiopia.
Tech policy is atrocity prevention.
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Tech policy is atrocity prevention.
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
We've joined 20 other NGOs calling for urgent action by the #UNSC and member states to strengthen accountability & ensure robust implementation of civilian protection mandates.
#POC #R2P20
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#POC #R2P20
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2025 NGO Statement Ahead of the Open Debate on Protection of Civilians - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
One year after the UN Secretary-General outlined the “resoundingly grim” state of civilian protection, the situation continues to deteriorate. 21 NGOs call for urgent action by the UN Security Council...
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May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We've joined 20 other NGOs calling for urgent action by the #UNSC and member states to strengthen accountability & ensure robust implementation of civilian protection mandates.
#POC #R2P20
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#POC #R2P20
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Check out #ICR2P's statement for the #HRC58 panel on early warning & genocide prevention. As we mark #R2P20, ICR2P calls for stronger civil society integration into multilateral decision-making, reduced barriers & enhanced collaboration to prevent atrocities.
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Statement by the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect regarding the panel discussion on early warning and genocide prevention at the UN Human Rights Council's 58th session - Globa...
I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect, also known as ICR2P a community of commitment made up of over 73 civil society an...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Check out #ICR2P's statement for the #HRC58 panel on early warning & genocide prevention. As we mark #R2P20, ICR2P calls for stronger civil society integration into multilateral decision-making, reduced barriers & enhanced collaboration to prevent atrocities.
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Looking forward to the Responsibility to Protect Conference in Ljubljana next week, 6-7 May. 20 years since the World Summit Outcome acknowledged states' responsibilities to protect, it does seem like a significant moment for R2P and its future. #R2P20
www.r2pconference.com/program3.html
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Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Conference
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May 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Looking forward to the Responsibility to Protect Conference in Ljubljana next week, 6-7 May. 20 years since the World Summit Outcome acknowledged states' responsibilities to protect, it does seem like a significant moment for R2P and its future. #R2P20
www.r2pconference.com/program3.html
www.r2pconference.com/program3.html
Check out our 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus! This month’s highlights include:
🇺🇳 A recap of all things #R2P @ #UNGA80
💭 The 8th #E10 & #I5 annual dialogue
🇵🇸 Our Call to Action on Gaza & the OPT
✒️ New piece on #R2P20 & the #HRC
🎙️ New #EVAPpodcast episode & more! ⬇️
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🇺🇳 A recap of all things #R2P @ #UNGA80
💭 The 8th #E10 & #I5 annual dialogue
🇵🇸 Our Call to Action on Gaza & the OPT
✒️ New piece on #R2P20 & the #HRC
🎙️ New #EVAPpodcast episode & more! ⬇️
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September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Check out our 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus! This month’s highlights include:
🇺🇳 A recap of all things #R2P @ #UNGA80
💭 The 8th #E10 & #I5 annual dialogue
🇵🇸 Our Call to Action on Gaza & the OPT
✒️ New piece on #R2P20 & the #HRC
🎙️ New #EVAPpodcast episode & more! ⬇️
gcr2p.cmail19.com/t/j-e-wudddt...
🇺🇳 A recap of all things #R2P @ #UNGA80
💭 The 8th #E10 & #I5 annual dialogue
🇵🇸 Our Call to Action on Gaza & the OPT
✒️ New piece on #R2P20 & the #HRC
🎙️ New #EVAPpodcast episode & more! ⬇️
gcr2p.cmail19.com/t/j-e-wudddt...
Today marks the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the #Tutsi in #Rwanda. We keep saying never again. 🕊️
#Kwibuka31 #RememberUniteRenew #R2P20
#Kwibuka31 #RememberUniteRenew #R2P20
Today, we honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in #Rwanda by calling upon states to uphold their #R2P populations at risk of atrocities today.
As we also mark #R2P20 this year, we remind states that R2P provides a framework for prevention and response to these atrocities.
#WeRemember #Kwibuka31
As we also mark #R2P20 this year, we remind states that R2P provides a framework for prevention and response to these atrocities.
#WeRemember #Kwibuka31
April 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today marks the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the #Tutsi in #Rwanda. We keep saying never again. 🕊️
#Kwibuka31 #RememberUniteRenew #R2P20
#Kwibuka31 #RememberUniteRenew #R2P20
#R2P remains a vital call to prevent atrocities. Yesterday we were honored to join 🇬🇹🇱🇺🇲🇦🇦🇺🇸🇱 in convening global leaders to discuss #R2P20 @ #UNGA80: incl. political will for atrocity prevention, elevating regional systems & centering CSOs in protection efforts.
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www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
The Responsibility to Protect at 20: Reaffirming Our Collective Commitment to Prevent Atrocity Crimes - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a ministerial-level meeting titled “The Responsibility to Protect at 20: Reaffirming Our Collective Commitment to Prevent At...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#R2P remains a vital call to prevent atrocities. Yesterday we were honored to join 🇬🇹🇱🇺🇲🇦🇦🇺🇸🇱 in convening global leaders to discuss #R2P20 @ #UNGA80: incl. political will for atrocity prevention, elevating regional systems & centering CSOs in protection efforts.
www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
www.globalr2p.org/resources/th...
Check out this 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus, covering all the updates on #R2P20 from the Global Centre this month.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Check out this 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus, covering all the updates on #R2P20 from the Global Centre this month.
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🎙️In this 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast our @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social sat down with USG Jean-Pierre Lacroix Head of UN Peace Operations since 2017.
This episode is the first in our special #R2P20 series where experts reflect on the impact of #R2P over the last 2 decades.
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This episode is the first in our special #R2P20 series where experts reflect on the impact of #R2P over the last 2 decades.
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Episode 41: Jean-Pierre Lacroix
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), this year we are featuring a special series of interviews with experts, practitioners, academics and civil society and human rights
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February 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🎙️In this 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast our @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social sat down with USG Jean-Pierre Lacroix Head of UN Peace Operations since 2017.
This episode is the first in our special #R2P20 series where experts reflect on the impact of #R2P over the last 2 decades.
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This episode is the first in our special #R2P20 series where experts reflect on the impact of #R2P over the last 2 decades.
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In the last issue of #R2PinFocus in 2025:
💭 Reflections on #R2P20
🇾🇪 #Yemen Feminist Summit
🎙️ 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast
🇺🇳 Reflections on the #GenocideConvention and #UDHR amid #UN80
Full issue ⬇️
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💭 Reflections on #R2P20
🇾🇪 #Yemen Feminist Summit
🎙️ 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast
🇺🇳 Reflections on the #GenocideConvention and #UDHR amid #UN80
Full issue ⬇️
bit.ly/48Jos2i
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In the last issue of #R2PinFocus in 2025:
💭 Reflections on #R2P20
🇾🇪 #Yemen Feminist Summit
🎙️ 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast
🇺🇳 Reflections on the #GenocideConvention and #UDHR amid #UN80
Full issue ⬇️
bit.ly/48Jos2i
💭 Reflections on #R2P20
🇾🇪 #Yemen Feminist Summit
🎙️ 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast
🇺🇳 Reflections on the #GenocideConvention and #UDHR amid #UN80
Full issue ⬇️
bit.ly/48Jos2i
🎙️ In this 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast our @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social sat down with Alex Bellamy Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland. This interview is part of our special series marking #R2P20.
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Episode 47: Alexander Bellamy
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), this year we are featuring a special series of interviews with experts, practitioners, academics, civil society and human rights de
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September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎙️ In this 🆕 episode of #EVAPpodcast our @jdstreitfeld.bsky.social sat down with Alex Bellamy Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland. This interview is part of our special series marking #R2P20.
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At the annual #UNGA debate marking #R2P20, Croatia promoted national prevention as the cornerstone of atrocity prevention. We welcomed the focus on R2P focal points & National Human Rights Institutions - prevention starts at home. 🇭🇷 contributed also through the PBC & R2P GoF.
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This morning we gathered #R2P Focal Points in NY for an energizing breakfast convo during #UNGA80. Our ED @savitapawnday.bsky.social briefed members alongside UN SA on Prevention of Genocide Chaloka Beyani & UN SA on R2P Mô Bleeker on #R2p20, atrocity prevention & #UN80 reforms.
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This morning we gathered #R2P Focal Points in NY for an energizing breakfast convo during #UNGA80. Our ED @savitapawnday.bsky.social briefed members alongside UN SA on Prevention of Genocide Chaloka Beyani & UN SA on R2P Mô Bleeker on #R2p20, atrocity prevention & #UN80 reforms.
The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and #R2P SA on R2P Mô Bleeker and acting SA on the Prevention of Genocide Virginia Gamba also participated in the meeting, providing updates on #R2P20 plans, the forthcoming Secretary-General’s report and enhancing collaboration between their respective mandates.
March 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and #R2P SA on R2P Mô Bleeker and acting SA on the Prevention of Genocide Virginia Gamba also participated in the meeting, providing updates on #R2P20 plans, the forthcoming Secretary-General’s report and enhancing collaboration between their respective mandates.
📣🇺🇳 On 25 June the UN General Assembly will hold its annual plenary meeting on #R2P. Ahead of the debate, the #UNSG released the 17th report on R2P focused on #R2P20.
We've published a summary of the report ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
We've published a summary of the report ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Summary of the UN Secretary-General's 2025 Report on R2P, Responsibility to Protect: 20 years of commitment to principled and collective action - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The UN Secretary-General issued the 17th report on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) titled “Responsibility to Protect: 20 years of commitment to principled and collective action.” As the internatio...
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May 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📣🇺🇳 On 25 June the UN General Assembly will hold its annual plenary meeting on #R2P. Ahead of the debate, the #UNSG released the 17th report on R2P focused on #R2P20.
We've published a summary of the report ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
We've published a summary of the report ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
This week @ #HRC58: During the panel discussion on early warning and genocide prevention, Australia delivered a joint statement on behalf of members of the Group of Friends of #R2P on the occasion of #R2P20.
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Joint Statement by members of the Group of Friends of R2P on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the R2P - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Mr. President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of members of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect. whose membership includes over fifty delegations from every reg...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This week @ #HRC58: During the panel discussion on early warning and genocide prevention, Australia delivered a joint statement on behalf of members of the Group of Friends of #R2P on the occasion of #R2P20.
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In commemoration of Genocide Prevention & Awareness Month & #R2P20, GCR2P's International Advisory Board co-Chairs, Hon. Gareth Evans & Dr. Jennifer Welsh, wrote a statement reflecting on progress made & the work that still lies ahead.
Read the full statement ⬇️
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Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Statement Commemorating Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month and the Responsibility to Protect at 20 - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The following statement was written by Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans and Dr. Jennifer Welsh, co-Chairs of the Global Centre’s International Advisory Board. April marks Genocide Prevention and Awaren...
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April 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In commemoration of Genocide Prevention & Awareness Month & #R2P20, GCR2P's International Advisory Board co-Chairs, Hon. Gareth Evans & Dr. Jennifer Welsh, wrote a statement reflecting on progress made & the work that still lies ahead.
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the norm is struggling. Can small states save R2P? While many small states Such as the Nordics provide rhetorical support for R2P, their role in norm advancement differs significantly:
#R2P20 #R2P #AtrocityPrevention
#R2P20 #R2P #AtrocityPrevention
On the 20th anniversary of the responsibility to protect: Can small states save R2P from failure and oblivion?
This article presents the background for and some main themes emerging from a research project on small states and atrocity prevention at the United Nations. The UN norm of the responsibility to pr...
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January 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the norm is struggling. Can small states save R2P? While many small states Such as the Nordics provide rhetorical support for R2P, their role in norm advancement differs significantly:
#R2P20 #R2P #AtrocityPrevention
#R2P20 #R2P #AtrocityPrevention