A research blog on genocide and mass atrocity prevention, transitional justice and the political dynamics of mass atrocity crimes.
Atrocity prevention in an illiberal world. The role of a small state in the UN Security Council.
How can a small state such as Norway, with its seat in the UN Security Council, prevent atrocities like genocide and crimes against humanity? Is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine too contested in the current world order?
The Responsibility to Protect in a Digital Age
There is an “atrocity gap” in international human rights protection that needs to be closed for an effective application of R2P online as well as in the real world.
The mass atrocities against the Rohingya: Challenges to R2P
The case of the Rohingya in Myanmar raises some questions that go to the heart of scholarly and political discussions over the responsibility to protect (R2P).