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Sat, 2013-06-22 21:11 — Gina Angiola
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U.N. - Background Information on the Responsibility to Protect

Sun, 2013-09-01 20:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

un.org

Who is responsible for protecting people from gross violations of human rights?

Emergence of the concept

Debating the right to "humanitarian intervention" (1990s)

Following the tragedies in Rwanda and the Balkans in the 1990s, the international community began to seriously debate how to react effectively when citizens’ human rights are grossly and systematically violated. The question at the heart of the matter was whether States have unconditional sovereignty over their affairs or whether the international community has the right to intervene in a country for humanitarian purposes.

In his Millennium Report of 2000, then Secretary-General Kofi Annan, recalling the failures of the Security Council to act in a decisive manner in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, put forward a challenge to Member States: "If humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on sovereignty, how should we respond to a Rwanda, to a Srebrenica, to gross and systematic violation of human rights that offend every precept of our common humanity?"

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Does World's Responsibility to Protect Civilians Justify a Syria Strike?

Sun, 2013-09-01 20:12 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Anti-war protesters gather on College Green outside the Houses of Parliament on Aug. 29, in London, England. Lawmakers there voted against plans for a UK military response to chemical weapons attack in Syria. (Dan Kitwood/AFP/Getty Images)

globalpost.com - by Benjamin Shingler - August 30, 2013

The architects of the UN's 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine say it gives countries a mandate to attack Syria in order to stop mass atrocities.

MONTREAL, Quebec — As US President Barack Obama pushes to muster foreign support before dropping bombs on war-ravaged Syria, options for a broad international coalition are shrinking.

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Chinese Police Fired on Tibetans Marking Dalai Lama Birthday

Mon, 2013-07-15 23:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The incident took place as crowds gathered to commemorate the Dalai Lama

bbc.co.uk - July 9, 2013

Chinese police opened fire on Tibetans who had gathered to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday, injuring several, rights groups and reports say.

The incident happened in Daofu in Sichuan province on 6 July.

A crowd had gathered at a mountain to mark the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's birthday with offerings and incense, when police used tear gas and opened fire, the reports said.

China's Foreign Ministry said it was unaware of the reports, Reuters said.

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BREAKING: Turkey Threatens Doctors and First Responders, Violates Medical Neutrality

Sat, 2013-06-22 22:13 — Gina Angiola

By Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org
June 15th, 2013

The Turkish Health Ministry issued a threat to take medical licenses to practice away from doctors who have been providing treatment to the protesters in Istanbul. They are also demanding the names of all medical volunteers including Emergency Medicine Technicians. This threat constitutes a violation of the human right of the protesters to receive treatment and the principle of medical neutrality...

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Canada Outlaws Wearing of Masks at Unsanctioned Government Protests: Punishing Dissent

Sat, 2013-06-22 22:05 — Gina Angiola

MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT

Friday, 21 June 2013 16:13

The conservative Canadian government, as of June 19, has made the wearing of a mask during an "unlawful assembly" a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison...

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