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Responsibility to Protect
Recent Highlights
Policy Papers - August 21, 2009
A Choice for Peace? The Story of Forty-One Days of Mediation in Kenya
Elisabeth Lindenmayer and Josie Lianna Kaye
The postelection violence that erupted in Kenya in December 2007 resulted in the deaths of over one thousand people and left three hundred thousand people displaced. 
Meeting Notes - June 22, 2009
The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and Genocide Prevention in Africa
Jenna Slotin, Castro Wesamba, and Teemt Bekele, rapporteurs
This report outlines the outcomes from an expert roundtable convened by IPI, the UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and the InterAfrica Group, which took place in Addis Ababa in October, 2008.
Panel Discussions - April 30, 2009
IPI Presents Ideas on Strengthening Capacity to Secretary-General
Last week, IPI’s program staff presented Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his senior-management team with ideas for action drawn from IPI’s extensive Task Forces on Strengthening Multilateral Security Capacity at a meeting at IPI. Each of IPI’s rapporteurs delivered a summary of core findings on chosen topics.
Panel Discussions - September 27, 2008
The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All
IPI recently hosted a lunchtime panel discussion to launch a new book, The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All, by Gareth Evans. It was cosponsored by the International Crisis Group and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
About This Program
IPI’s Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Program provides direct and ongoing support to the efforts of the United Nations to implement and operationalize RtoP.
In February 2008, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Edward C. Luck, IPI’s Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, to be his Special Adviser, and to develop the conceptual, institutional, and political dimensions of the RtoP concept, based on paragraphs 138 and 139 of the Outcome Document from the 2005 World Summit.
On July 23, 2009, Dr. Luck addressed the General Assembly on the subject of responsibility to protect. read full story
IPI has joined with partners in several parts of the world to co-sponsor RtoP or RtoP/genocide prevention roundtables, workshops, and conferences involving a mix of experts, diplomats, and officials.
Program Staff
Senior Vice President for Research and Programs
luck@ipinst.org
Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President
messer@ipinst.org