R. Cooper & J. Voïnov Kohler 
Responsibility to Protect 
The Global Moral Compact for the 21st Century

In 2005, the international community unanimously endorsed a revolutionary norm that has the potential to end genocide and other atrocity crimes in our time. Despite its endorsement at the highest political level and the general feeling of the American public that ‘something needs to be done’ to prevent and stop atrocity crimes, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is very much absent from public thinking and the political agenda in the United States. Written by a stellar cast of authors, this book informs the public and leadership about R2P and its potential. It will also influence the academic, community and political debates by providing crucial insights on how to move R2P from rhetoric to action.

Table of Content

Foreword Introduction: The Responsiblity to Protect: The Opportunity to Relegate Atrocity Crimes to the Past The Responsiblity to Protect: From an Idea to an International Norm Advancing the Responsibility to Protect Through International Criminal Justice In our Interest: The Responsibility to Protect Toward a Jewish Argument for the Responsibility to Protect Atrocity Crimes Framing the Responsibility to Protect Was the Iraq War a Humanitarian Intervention? And What Are Our Responsibilities Today? The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Story of Lost Opportunities to Prevent or Reduce Deadly Conflicts Dealing With Atrocities in Northern Uganda Spread Wide the Word: Organizing the Grassroots to End Atrocity Crimes Reaching Across Boarders: Philanthropy’s Role in the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes Beyond Words: US Policy and the Responsibility to Protect Building Structures for Peace: A Quaker Lobby Offers Strategies for Peacemakers Realizing the Responsibility to Protect In Emerging and Acute Crises: A Civial Society Proposal for the United Nations Moving from Military Intervention to Judicial Enforecement: The Case for an International Marshals Service List of Contributors Index

About the author

RICHAR H. COOPER is the Convenor of the Responsibility to Protect Coalition and Founder of General Welfare Group LLC. 
 
JULIETTE VOINOV KOHLER
is a Swiss international lawyer and Senior Program Officer at the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.