Background of R2P at the UN: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/about- responsibility-to-protect.shtml
2011 Mark Notaras and Vesselin Poopvski: “The Responsibility to Protect” //unu.edu/publications/articles/responsibility-to-protect-and-the-protection-of- civilians.html
2022 Alexandra Buskie: “Understanding the Responsibility to Protect: an introduction” https://una.org.uk/news/understanding-responsibility-protect-introduction
1. Begin by reviewing the criteria of jus ad bellum in Just War Theory.
2. Review Arendt’s four forms of responsibility, using the chart handout.
3a. Explain the responsibility to protect outlined in Buskie’s address and the other sources.
3b. Where would you locate it in relation to Arendt’s chart of responsibilities? This is not a straightforward question, so explain your response.
3c. How might the criteria for just war be relevant here? How might they be relevant in making a decision in any given case.
