UN Genocide Prevention & Responsibility to Protect
Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, USG Beyani, on 2026 Day for Countering Hate Speech
Message by the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Chaloka Beyani, on the occasion of the 2026 International Day for Countering Hate Speech:
"On t...
R2P at 20: Ms. Savita Pawnday, Executive Director, GCR2P
Ms. Savita Pawnday, Executive Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P), highlights the fundamental achievement the responsibility to protect has accomplished over the last ...
R2P at 20: Ms. Elisabeth Pramendorfer, Geneva Director, GCR2P
Ms. Elisabeth Pramendorfer, Geneva Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P), provides her insights on the significance and key achievements of the responsibility to protect...
R2P at 20: Mr. Babloo Loitongbam, Executive Director, Human Rights Alert
Mr. Babloo Loitongbam, Executive Director, Human Rights Alert, shares key messages to the international community on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the responsibility to protect. Reca...
R2P at 20: Ms. Felistas Mushi, Vice-Chair, GAAMAC Africa Working Group
Ms. Felistas Mushi, Vice-Chair, GAAMAC Africa Working Group and former chairperson, Tanzania National Committee on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and...
R2P at 20: Ms. Putri Kanesia, Regional Advocacy Coordinator, Asia Justice and Rights
Ms. Putri Kanesia, Regional Advocacy Coordinator at Asia Justice and Rights and a member of GAAMAC’s Asia-Pacific Working Group, responds to the question, “What is the most important milestone of t...
R2P at 20: Prof. Juan E. Méndez, Former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Prof. Juan E. Méndez, former and the first UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, reflects on the inception of the responsibility to protect at the 2005 World Summit and the renewed expr...
R2P at 20: Amb. Olivier Maes, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations
Amb. Olivier Maes, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations, and Co-Chair of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect in New York, calls for consistent application ...
R2P at 20: United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Chaloka Beyani
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Chaloka Beyani shares key messages to the international community on the occasion of the 20 Years of th...
R2Pat20: Amb.Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Amb. Alicia Guadalupe Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in New York, reflects on the essence of the responsibility to protect on the occasion of it...
R2Pat20: Amb.Jay Dharmadhikari, Représentant Permanent Adjoint de la France auprès des Nations Unies
“Notre message est clair: la prévention doit être au cœur de l’action internationale.' Amb. Jay Dharmadhikari, Représentant Permanent Adjoint de la France auprès de l’Organisation des Nations unies...
R2P at 20: Amb. José Alberto Bríz Gutiérrez, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the UN
Amb. José Alberto Bríz Gutiérrez, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, and Co-Chair of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect in New York, shares his insights...
R2P at 20: Ms. Jelena Pia-Comella, Member of CEDAW 2025-2028
Ms. Jelena Pia-Comella, Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), reflects on the essence of the responsibility to protect, including how its protection as...
R2P at 20: Amb. mag. Blanka Jamnišek, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Slovenia
Amb. mag. Blanka Jamnišek, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Slovenia and the National Focal Point for the Responsibility to Protect, expresses alarm at the failure to uphold th...
R2P at 20: Ms. Pari Ibrahim, Executive Director, Free Yezidi Foundation
Ms. Pari Ibrahim, Executive Director of Free Yezidi Foundation – one of the 2023 Raphael Lemkin Champions of Prevention – calls for a reaffirmation of our commitment to the responsibility to protec...
R2P at 20: Associate Professor, Dr. Cecilia Jacob, Australian National University
Dr. Cecilia Jacob - Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Associate Dean Research, College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University, and Co-Chair of GA...
R2P at 20: Dr. DIABY Bakari Sidiki, Chair, GAAMAC African Working Group
Dr. DIABY Bakari Sidiki - Chair of GAAMAC African Working Group, General Coordinator of African Coordination of Human Rights for the Armed Forces (CADHA) and Committee on the Elimination of Racial ...
R2P at 20: African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security
Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, the African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, shares a message on the occasion of 20 Years of the Responsibility to Protect, highlighting the most sign...
R2P at 20: EU Ambassador for Gender and Diversity, Amb. Stella Ronner- Grubačić
Amb. Stella Ronner- Grubačić, EU Ambassador for Gender and Diversity and EEAS Deputy Managing Director, Values and Multilateral Relations, as well as the EU focal point for the responsibility to pr...
R2P at 20: Professor, the Hon. Gareth Evans, Australian National University
Former co-chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) and former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Prof. the Hon. Gareth Evans shares his insights o...