R2P at 20: Ms. Felistas Mushi, Vice-Chair, GAAMAC Africa Working Group

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 all Forms of Discrimination, provides her insights on the practical relevance of the responsibility to protect in today’s context, underlining the need for it to be anchored in regional legitimacy going forward. “The imperative is clear: to imagine R2P not as an externally driven, but as a locally owned and operationally effective tool, responsive to diverse political systems and lived realities of vulnerable populations.” More at: https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/responsibility-protect/20anniversary