Lou Pingeot Wolfgang Obenland May 2014 R2PIn whose name? A critical view on the Responsibility to Protect T POR ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG NEW YORK OFFICE RE 2 Lou Pingeot/Wolfgang Obenland: In whose name? In whose name? A critical view on the Responsibility to Protect Published by Global Policy Forum Königstrasse 37a D-53115 Bonn Germany Tel. +49 228 96 50 510 Internet: www.globalpolicy.org Email:
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[email protected] Contact: Albert Scharenberg Authors: Lou Pingeot and Wolfgang Obenland Editing: Jens Martens, James Hare Editorial assistance: Eleonora Hoffmann Cover Photo: Metziger/flickr.com; published under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. Printing: blautonmedien design & druck, Troisdorf, Germany Published with support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are avail- able in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. ISBN 978-3-943126-15-0 Bonn/New York, May 2014 Executive Summary 3 Executive summary The concept of the “Responsibility to Protect (R2P)” This report outlines the concept’s key elements and is one of the ideas that have evolved the fastest in the describes how it came into being (Part I). The report contemporary international normative arena. R2P af- then explores the concept’s positive aspects (Part II) and firms that states and governments do not only have a its problems (Part III).