The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

Research at the University of Leeds European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (ECR2P) has changed policies on mass atrocity prevention at the United Nations (UN), informed United Kingdom (UK) government policy, and contributed evidence and capacity in the wider policy community.

It changed UN policy on the inclusion of partners from the Global South, altering UN strategies to enhance the legitimacy and practice of the R2P prevention and protection agendas.

ECR2P research has also influenced the mainstreaming of R2P mass atrocity considerations into the UK’s foreign policy.

ECR2P collective research provides new evidence-bases for a wide range of UK organisations, including NGOs and select committees, changing understandings on how to create more effective atrocity responses.