BISA 2021 conference - Forget International Studies?

Evolving Protection Architectures at the United Nations

21 Jun 2021, 16:00

1h 30m

Room 2

Intervention and Responsibility to Protect Working Group

Description

This IR2PWG Panel focuses on evolving protection architectures at the United Nations with a special focus on R2P and humanitarian intervention both as instruments and norms. It focuses on the futures of the Responsibility to Protect as well as practices under the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly. Moreover, it reflects on the role of progress, transparency and norm entrepreneurship.

Subcontributions

• The Responsibility to Protect after 15 Years: From UN General Assembly Debates to Security Council Practice
• Everyday atrocity vs Responsibility to Protect: why efforts to expand the purview of R2P will be counterproductive
• The Evolution of the R2P in a Changing World Order: Rethinking Mass Atrocity Prevention and the Role of the UN Security Council
• Legitimation Practices in UN Security Council Decision-Making
• An R2P Review Commission: A Proposal for Holding States Accountable to Their Responsibility to Protect