Responsibility to Protect and Syria

... promises made by world leaders to prevent a future “Cambodia”, “Bosnia” and “Rwanda” - could neither prevent nor save Syria. The humanitarian situation in Syria is drastically worsening amid continued violence. Syria falls under the category of cases that R2P should deal with: Both parties to the conflict are accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Syrian government is manifestly failing to protect its population from mass atrocities and war crimes, which makes the international community ...