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International Journal of Refugee Law Advance Access originally published online on October 27, 2008
International Journal of Refugee Law 2008 20(4):710-714; doi:10.1093/ijrl/een033
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‘Responsibility to Protect’

United Nations Torino Retreat 2008

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Address by Patricia O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, The Legal Counsel

Colleagues

May I take this opportunity to introduce myself to those of you I have not yet met. I know that I can speak for the Deputy Legal Counsel, Peter Taksee-Jensen (ASG/OLA) when I say that we both look forward to working closely with you and in the words of the Secretary-General to be active and co-operative team players in addressing the many challenges ahead.

I have been asked to moderate this session on ‘Responsibility to Protect’ and I would firstly like to share some thoughts with you on the concept and how we at the UN can contribute to ensuring its coherent development and implementation. I propose to involve Edward Luck and others in this discussion.

At the outset, I note that legal input and guidance is of course crucial to the clarification and implementation of emerging international . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Balance in the transition from theory to practice
 

   A new conceptual framework to understanding sovereignty and the place of the individual in the international order
 

   A commitment to prevention – legal basis and content of the principle
 

   Development and a focus on the early stages of R2P
 

   Language and visibility of the R2P model
 

   Next steps
 

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