The European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

ECR2P was launched in 2016 and is dedicated to advancing the responsibility to protect principle through research, education, and policy dialogue.

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Our team

Our team specialise in the responsibility to protect and have researched and published widely on the subject.

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Research

We research and publish on six themes of the Responsibility to Protect.

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Global Responsibility to Protect

ECR2P co-director, Dr Adrian Gallagher, is Editor-in-Chief for the journal Global Responsibility to Protect alongside Charles T. Hunt, and Cecilia Jacob. The journal seeks to publish the best and latest research on atrocity prevention and human protection, human rights, global governance, diplomacy, the ethics and law of armed conflict, and humanitarianism.

ECR2P Annual Lectures

Since ECR2P's launch event with Professor Alex Bellamy in 2016, the Centre has held a further four annual lectures with high-profile speakers. This includes the UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on R2P, Dr Karen Smith, two former UN Special Advisors on R2P, Professor Jennifer Welsh and Dr. Ivan Šimonović, and Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Australian National University and co-chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2000–01), Professor Gareth Evans.

2020 Annual Lecture - Professor Gareth Evans

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2019 Annual Lecture - Dr Karen Smith

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2018 Annual Lecture - Professor Jennifer Welsh

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2017 Annual Lecture - Dr. Ivan Šimonović

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2016 Annual Lecture - Professor Alex Bellamy

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News

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ECR2P welcomes Laura Collins to present research on civilian protection in Central African Republic

We were delighted to welcome Laura Collins (George Mason University) to our ECR2P Research Seminar Series on 25 March 2021...

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Blog by Dr Cristina Stefan and Professor Jason Ralph on the applicability of the R2P in Myanmar available online

In collaboration with aidXchange, ECR2P’s Dr Cristina Stefan and Professor Jason Ralph, offer their thoughts on the applicability of the...

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Fresh Perspectives Blog Post by Elisabeth Pramendorfer now available online

In the latest ‘Fresh Perspectives’ blog post, Elisabeth Pramendorfer, Senior Human Rights Officer at the Global Centre for the Responsibility to...

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ECR2P Co-Director, Dr Cristina Stefan, participates in roundtable discussion on UN Peace & Security and Humanitarian Action

Our ECR2P Co-Director, Dr Cristina Stefan, took part in the expert roundtable discussion on UN Peace & Security and Humanitarian Action,...

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Our partners

The ECR2P is based on a partnership between academics at the University of Leeds and activists at Protection Approaches.

“ECR2P co-director @Dr_A_Gallagher has published a new article on naming and shaming. It is open access
#R2P… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

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“RT @Dr_A_Gallagher: The first of many #R2P related threads highlighting articles in @GR2P1 from research done by @ECR2P phd student… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

5 days ago

“RT @GR2P1: Are you interested in the BRICS and the Responsibility to Protect? If so @GR2P1 has published a series of articles… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

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