The Responsibility to Protect Civilians During Armed Conflicts under International Law: Challenges and Prospects
Journal: Nigerian National Human Rights Commission Journal (NNHRCJ)
Year: 2025

The central task of this paper is to ascertain the extent to which international law protects civilians under principle of responsibility to protect (R2P) during armed conflicts since its development in 2001 and subsequent adoption as Resolution 60/1 of 24th October 2005 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.The article assesses the application of the principle in line with civilian protection during armed conflict.It makes use of qualitative methodology which is ideal for legal research a