Global partnerships have transformed international institutions by creating platforms for
direct collaboration with NGOs, foundations, companies and local actors. They introduce a …

This article begins by critically assessing some of the current measures used to evaluate the
status and impact of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). It then lays the groundwork for a …

Why do states protect refugees? In the past twenty years, states have sought to limit access
to asylum by increasing their border controls and introducing extraterritorial controls. Yet no …

There is extensive discussion in current Just War literature about the normative principles
which should govern the initiation of war (jus ad bellum) and also the conduct of war (jus in …

Abstract The Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect
(R2P) populations from atrocity crimes are two norms that emerged at the turn of the new …

COVER IMAGE: Women and children evacuated from the Islamic State group's embattled
holdout of Baghouz arrive at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian …

Despite the commitment made by all heads of state attending the 2005 World Summit to
uphold the principle of the responsibility to protect (R2P), atrocity crimes continue to be …

This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and
alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war. The modern history of just …

This article contributes to the burgeoning norms literature in international relations that
conceptualizes the norm life cycle as a nonlinear dynamic process that is open to …

What does it mean to be responsible in and for the Arctic? This article addresses this
question, noting that responsibility has become a core policy norm in different governance …