R2P at 20: Prof. Juan E. Méndez, Former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

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 expressions of support over the past twenty years. “We cannot assume that the work is complete,” he emphasizes, calling for the international community’s renewed commitment – especially for communities at risk – on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary. More at: https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/responsibility-protect/20anniversary