Prospects for an International Coalition on R2P: Consultation Final Report [pdf]
In 2008 the World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy is convening eight civil society consultations in capitals around the world to discuss prospects for a global coalition for the Responsibility to Protect. WFM - Canada organized the March 7 civil society consultation in Ottawa. For more information on WFM's Responsibility to Protect - Engaging Civil Society project, see www.responsibilitytoprotect.org.
Related Documents:
Norms and the Responsibility to Protect (Meeting Report, Ottawa 2003)
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND CANADA'S DEFENCE EFFORT
Seminar Agenda (pdf file)
Report from the Meeting (full report, pdf file)
Meeting highlights (pdf file)
List of Attendees (html file)
Documents:
Progressive Governance Summit Statement (pdf file)
Responsibility to Protect, Revisiting Humanitarian Intervention,
November 2002, by Gareth Evans and Mohamed Sahnoun (pdf file)
What are Protection Operations? (pdf file)
Key Documents on Responsiblity to Protect (pdf file)
Prepared Conference Papers available for downloading (pdf files):
W. Andy Knight:
The Responsibility to Protect as an Evolving International Norm
K. C. Eyre:
The Development of Doctrine, Strategy and Prior Training
for Peace and Protection Operations
H. Peter Langille:
Enhancing the Rapid Deployment Capacity of the Canadian Forces
Paul LaRose-Edwards:
Civilian Partnerships in Protection Operations,
Focussing Canadian Values and Know-How
Graham Day and Christopher Freeman:
From Policekeeping to Peace:
Intervention, Transitional Administration and the Responsibility to Do It Right
DATE AND LOCATION: September 22, 2003: Conference Centre Ottawa
SPONSOR: Peace Operations Working Group (Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee)
COORDINATION: World Federalist Movement - Canada
ABSTRACT: This one-day NGO-Government roundtable discussion was designed to advance efforts to take up and implement the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), entitled The Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
The roundtable discussion focusing on Canada’s defence effort will complement three meetings held earlier this year:
(1) UN peace operations: exploring the SHIRBRIG’s potential for protection of Civilians (sponsored by Liu Centre, UBC and Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria);
(2) Norm development and strategies to advance a political and legal framework for R2P (co-sponsored by Project Ploughshares and World Federalists);
(3) International NGO strategies and contributions toward operationalizing the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (co-sponsored by Project Ploughshares and World Federalists).
The ICISS report has identified international military intervention as a necessary measure of last resort. National and multinational defence reforms will be needed to prevent and stop genocide and mass ethnic cleansing. The report, as well as the experience of the past decade, speaks to the need to plan and prepare for such operations.
The international community is not adequately prepared to prevent or curtail "the next Rwanda." International peace and protection operations will be required in the years ahead. Canada will want to contribute. How can Canadian Defence Forces be better prepared?
The Peace Operations Working Group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee hosted a one-day symposium to discuss ways to build on current efforts, in order to better equip Canada to contribute to protection operations in the years ahead.
Among the various issues discussed were:
- the inclusion of protection operations as a defence priority;
- identifying reliable partners and mechanisms for cooperation;
- the development of doctrine and training;
- coordination between Canadian Forces and civilian elements;
- coordination between Canadian Forces and other parts of the government of Canada;
- steps to enhance the rapid deployment capability of Canadian Forces; and
- other personnel and equipment requirements.
For more information:
Contact Fergus Watt by email at wfcnat@web.ca
WFM-C statement: Canada Should Provide Troops to UN Force in Congo
Responsibility to Protect website
