From: The Three Pillars of R2P: Humanity's Shared Shield

Does a community's right to self-govern override individual human rights?

This question lies at the very heart of the R2P debate. It forces us to consider whether group identity and local laws should ever shield actions that harm individual members.

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Write down three values you believe are so universal that no culture or nation should be allowed to violate them.

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The first pillar of the doctrine places the primary responsibility of protecting populations dire...

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The third pillar permits international military intervention only as a last resort and with UN Se...

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The Responsibility to Protect doctrine was born from the global failure to prevent mass atrocitie...

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The Three Pillars of R2P: Humanity's Shared Shield

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