What hope for victims of conflict since UNSC has failed them?

#Russia blocked a ‎#UN Security Council demand on Thursday that ‎#Syria allow immediate access to thousands of civilians trapped by a government offensive on the city of Homs, diplomats said. http://ow.ly/mFfgQ

Western countries in UN SC ignore Russia’s proposals for response to situation in Homs – mission

Palestinian refugees not involved in conflict, says Abbas

. Yes, has failed . But UK will continue to push for transition & provide vital humanitarian support $500m so far.

Video Report: Chaos and Crime: The Trials of Running a Syrian Refugee Camp – Free

’s neighbors ‘pushing back refugees’ – Human Rights Watch calls on Turkey, Jordan and Iraq to fully open their borders for…

Another regime massacre.

(07-02-13) Binish l MIGs Bomb and Kill Young Girl RIP – Political Solutions With Mass Murders?!

(07-02-13) l Bloody Massacre of Civilians Including Children Committed by and Hezbollah

مشكلة الصرف الصحي المنسية في سوريا

Canada to accept up to 1,300 Syrian refugees – Free

A Turkish hotel that hosts all ’s pains and memories – The National

International Crisis Group: 3 Ways to Solve the Crisis:

Report: Syrian Women Face Detention, Torture – Free

(07-01-13) l +18 Slaughters Children of Homs as World Watches

Life as a Syrian refugee: A look inside the world’s second largest refugee camp – Free

(06-30-13) | | Assad Burns Orchards Leaving No Food Left For People

(06-30-13) | | The World Continues To Watch As Civilians Are Bombed By Assad

peace conference soon? Don’t hold your breath

„The repeated failure of the Security Council to unify on the crucial issue of Syria I think is a stain on this body and something that I will forever regret – even though I don’t believe that outcome is the product of the action of the United States,“ Rice said.

„The council’s inaction on is a moral and strategic disgrace that history will judge harshly.“ Susan ’s final word to the .

Fascinating – Mapping children’s chances around the world

death toll now tops 100,000 says watchdog.

Group Says War Deaths Top 100,000

Meet TV’s „ Team“ (any resemblance to International Criminal Court is purely coincidental)

Calculating the responsibility to protect – more interesting thoughts from Neomi Rao

The Inside Story of Russia’s Fight to Keep the U.N. Corrupt – By Colum Lynch: When U.N. Secretary-General Ban …

’s Forgotten Crisis: Sanitation

death toll tops 100,000, rebels lose border town


Video Report: No sanctuary for #Syria ’s female refugees http://ow.ly/msv9w
More: Saying no to child marriage

 

The United Nations Security Council is the ostensible source for recognizing the conditions for the responsibility to protect. Yet the Security Council repeatedly fails to respond, in part because of the well-understood dynamic between the P3 on the one side and Russia and China on the other. An ineffective Security Council means, unsurprisingly, that any responsibility to protect will depend on strong states to preserve human security.

International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) shared Genocide Alert’s photo.

Check out what our member Genocide Alert has been doing. What is the role of the international responsibility to protect norm in developing an international response to the crises in Mali and Syria? Gregor Hofmann, an honorary research associate moderated a panel discussion on this very topic. Great work guys! http://on.fb.me/1480hTc

Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) 
New York, NY

New Syria report from the International Crisis Group, which examines the war that has produced scores of thousands of dead, a mushrooming regional sectarian conflict and millions of refugees and internally displaced persons:

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/egypt-syria-lebanon/syria/143-syrias-metastasising-conflicts.aspx


http://una.org.uk/actions/obama-and-putin-set-date-syria-talks

OPED: intervention still lacks strategy. What do you think? What should be incl. in such a strategy?

| Alexander de Ávila

It’s time for West to rebalance its policy toward Russia by putting human rights and pol. freedoms back on the agenda

Searing pics of the mass displacement govt has imposed on by Magnum’s

. estimates about 1.2 million people in Rural Damascus are out of reach of since March.

says it will fulfill system contract – but of course! Great way to ensure peace…

Should and continue to engage with despite its hypocrisy on ? My take

However cautiously, ’s Ban Ki-moon not shying away from raising „human rights“ words in anymore. Progress?

This week marks 20th anniversary of Vienna Declaration. 20 leading human rights defenders reflect on its importance.

So You Want to Intervene in Without Breaking the ? – By Rosa Brooks | Foreign Policy

ستة مواقع أثرية سورية مهددة بالخطر وهي حلب القديمة -دمشق القديمة- بصرى الشام-قلعة صلاح الدين-تدمر-القرى الأثرية…

نقلاً عن الشبكة السورية لحقوق الإنسان: قالت الأمم المتحدة إن الأزمة السورية أسوأ كارثة إنسانية تواجهها منذ الحرب…

اتهام للقوات النظامية باستخدام أسلحة كيميائية في زملكا أدت إلى وفاة ثلاثة أشخاص


International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)

responsibilitytoprotect.org

icrtopblog.org

In case you missed the discussion between Simon Adams from Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P), Michael Abramowitz United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) and Kyle Matthews Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies on Syria and the future of the responsibility to protect. http://youtu.be/Ax5AMxOZAbY

 

Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Stewart M. Patrick among the voices questioning the impact of Syria on the future of R2P:

‚It would be premature to describe Syria as the death knell of R2P. But it is clear that much of the idealism surrounding the UN’s unanimous endorsement of the norm eight years ago has dissipated, buried in the Libyan Desert and the blood-soaked hills of Syria.“

Thoughts? -Sarah

 

theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/does-syria-mean-the-end-of-the-responsibility-to-protect


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council#Responsibility_to_protect


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