In their recent GR2P Intervention "The Venezuelan Crisis: From Multilaterali R2P to US Unilateral Control" Ferreira do Vale shows that the Venezuelan case exposes a central vulnerability of R2P: its effectiveness depends not only on normative legitimacy but on hegemonic restraint. lnkd.in/e-r-SKFp

How does #R2P operate offectively in a liberal international order with an anti-hierarchical ethos? Dr Jan Hornát examines this tension in their new articles "Aporia and Responsibilisation in the Liberal International Order" brill.com/view/journal...

REMINDER: The amazing practitioner interventions that were part of our Special Issue on #Syria are #openaccess for only a few more days. If you haven't yet read them, they provide first-hand accounts from Syrian practitioners and activists. They can be accessed at: brill.com/view/journal...

What role does the media play in the prevention of mass atrocities? Chiara De Franco and Christoph Meyer use expert interviews and practitioner insights to explore the key role that media plays in enabling and obstructing preventive action. The article is open access at brill.com/view/journal...

Delighted to share our most recent article by Andrew E. Poku-Yaw Tchie from @nupinytt.bsky.social. Dr Tchie explores the use of Ad hoc Security Initiatives and Enterprise Security Arrangements for protection. The article us currently open access at lnkd.in/grBZ9aaQ

A core aspect of #R2P is the need to recognise and prevent atrocities before they occur. Check out our latest article by @ainoacabada.bsky.social where she explores strategies to advance R2P as an early warning doctrine and puts forward an R2P Preventative Assesssment Tool. lnkd.in/g8cawyJA

Thrilled to share my publication with @globalr2p.bsky.social x @degruyterbrill.bsky.social! To advance R2P’s preventative approach, there is a need to integrate the development of protection plans alongside risk assessments. #EarlyWarning #AtrocityPrevention #R2P doi.org/10.1163/1875...

r2p as an Early Warning Doctrine: Building a Case for the Establishment of an r2p Preventative Assessment Tool

Abstract The Responsibility to Protect’s (r2p) paragraph 138 denotes the importance of prevention through early warning, yet this crucial aspect remains unfulfilled. This article presents an r2p Preve...

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R2P has been oddly silent on the confict in Israel/Gaze. Our new interventions forum explores why this is the case, with pieces by @jhornung.bsky.social @jeremymosesnz.bsky.social Elisabeth Austrheim and Sarah Teitt brill.com/view/journal...

GR2P's Special Issue on "Accountability in and after Frozen Conflicts: Lessons from #Syria" is now out! Edited by Dara Conduit, Yasmine Nahlawi and Alex Bellamy, this issue features #Syrian scholars and activists. Most articles are open access for the next three months. brill.com/view/journal...

Just out is a new book review forum featuring Jess Gifkins Oxford University Press book 'Inside the UN Security Council'. 📕 Read the review's and Jess's response at brill.com/view/journal... A great example of scholars engaging each others work to deepen academic discussion.

Yasmine Nahlawi's new article 'Accounability Pursuits in the Syrian Context: an R2P Success?" explores the novel accounability mechanisms that have emerged in response to the international crimes committed during the Syrian conflict. Read more online at lnkd.in/gSV4Z6Bk @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Our upcoming double special issue features Syrian voices such as Roua Al Taweel, PhD from Ulster University who explores the complex links between forced #displacement and #R2P. Read their article at lnkd.in/gyHCP2t9 @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

GR2P has an exciting double special issue on #Syria coming up, guest edited by @daraconduit.bsky.social from Uni of Melbourne and Yasmine Nahlawi from Dar Justice. It features Syrian authors and practitioners. Rread the introduction online at lnkd.in/gqvR6j6d @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Delighted to be joined by members of the @globalr2p.bsky.social Editorial Board for Pancakes and to discuss our exciting plans for the journal in 2025. @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Celebration alert 🎉: Talita Dias has been awarded the 2025 Edward C. Luck Prize for Early Career Researchers for her article ‘Finding Common Ground: the Right to Be Free from Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility, and Violence in the Digital Age’. Congratulations!!! brill.com/view/journal...

The first issue of 2025 is out and includes some terrific pieces! Check them out at brill.com/view/journal...

We are seeking high quality reviews of the attached list of recent books (other suggestions welcome too!). For further information, please contact the GR2P’s Book Reviews Editor, Lucas de Belmont (ptlrdb@leeds.ac.uk).

GR2P also has a stellar new Editorial Board (1/2): Adekeye Adebajo, Adrian Gallagher, Alex J. Bellamy, Anastasia Shesterinina, Andy W. Knight, Cecilia Jacob, Charles Hunt, Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, James Pattison, Jennifer M. Welsh, Jess Gifkins, Karen Smith, Lucy Hall, ...

Happy new year! In 2025, a new – and for the first time in the history of the journal, all female – editorial team has taken the lead of GR2P: Outi Donovan (Griffith University); Eglantine Staunton (Australian National University); and Shannon Zimmerman (Deakin University).