Dr  Simon Adams - The Responsibility to Protect after Syria - 15 July 2014
Channel: IIEA
Date: 15/07/2014

About the Speech:
 
The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) outlines the duty of the State and the international community to prevent and halt genocide and mass atrocities. The ongoing conflict and humanitarian disaster in Syria has received much international attention but little international intervention. Dr. Simon Adams discussed the response of the international community to the current crisis and its implications for future crisis intervention.
 
About the Speaker:
 
Dr. Simon Adams is the Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, R2P, the world's leading research and advocacy organization for advancing the international norm of the R2P at the United Nations and beyond. Dr. Adams has worked extensively with governments in Rwanda and elsewhere, and is a former anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress. 
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