Responsibility to Protect and Syria

... international peace and security in compliance with Chapter VII of the UN Charter. In case of Syria the doctrine hasn’t been invoked yet, because substantial disagreements over R2P’s practical implementation led to a political stalemate at the UN Security Council. And it is not surprising as the doctrine in its current form was never meant to be a panacea. First of all, R2P is a non-binding norm, not an international law. It can only be invoked by the UN Security Council and only when the interests ...