
R2P at 10: The Central African Republic, the Holocaust and the promise of the doctrine
If the first decade of R2P was a struggle over ideas, the next is to ensure it saves lives — like those under threat in the CAR.
Canadian human rights lawyer
Naomi Kikoler is a Canadian human rights lawyer and an advisory board member of the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and a Fellow of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect in New York.
If the first decade of R2P was a struggle over ideas, the next is to ensure it saves lives — like those under threat in the CAR.
Over 50 countries are pushing for the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court. Why, asks Naomi Kikoler, is Canada not one?
In the 20 years since the Rwandan genocide, Canada has gone from being the most vocal supporter of the norm to one of its meekest.