Three years after saying “We accept that responsibility”, the United Nations General Assembly will soon debate how to put ‘the Responsibility to Protect‘ into practice. How do we know this? Because UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to present to the General Assembly some proposals on the subject by the end of 2008.
Forget about UN procedures, complicated politics and differing [...]
A sincere commitment goes a long way to reinforcing a sense of responsibility and increasing the likelihood of taking subsequent action. (Psychologists suggest that this is essentially because we prefer to be consistent, thus avoiding a sense of ‘cognitive dissonance’.)
Individual responsibility is highly relevant to the lofty goal of genocide prevention, because we need to reach a [...]
A warm welcome to the new-look iR2P website. Whether you came here from our Facebook group, a link, a Google search, or as a regular visitor to the original website, please take a look around, sign the Pledge and come back often. If you have any comments, please leave a comment on this blog, or [...]
Word of iR2P is gaining traction, as more than 200 people signup to join our Facebook group.
Update: as of 7 July, the Facebook had over 370 members. If everyone finds two more people, we’ll reach 1000!
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