Publications by Sarah Brockmeier

• Journal article 05 Nov 2015

  “Responsibility While Protecting”: Reforming R2P Implementation

  By Marcos Tourinho, Oliver Stuenkel, Sarah Brockmeier
  Introduction The intervention in Libya in 2011 was an early test for the coercive, non-consented operationalization of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), sparking a policy debate on how and under what circumstances protection should actually be conducted. This article analyses these debates on the…
• Journal article 05 Nov 2015

  The Impact of the Libya Intervention Debates on Norms of Protection

  By Sarah Brockmeier, Oliver Stuenkel, Marcos Tourinho
  Introduction Resolution 1973, which authorized military intervention in Libya, marked the first time that the United Nations Security Council explicitly mandated the use of force against a functioning state to prevent imminent atrocity crimes. The debate on the international community’s…
• Commentary 10 Oct 2015

  Making R2P Work

  By Sarah Brockmeier, Philipp Rotmann
  Ten years ago, world leaders agreed that the international community had a “responsibility to protect” populations from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing. A decade later, the world’s record in fulfilling the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) remains poor, with…
• Study 30 Jun 2015

  Debating the Responsibility to Protect?

  By Sarah Brockmeier, Philipp Rotmann
  Policy Debates in Brazil, China and South Africa on Protecting People From Atrocity Crimes Executive Summary A decade since the United Nations adopted the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) people from atrocity crimes, most politicians, academics and civil society advocates in the West…
• Policy brief 07 Apr 2015

  Effective and Responsible Protection from Atrocity Crimes: Toward Global Action

  By Thorsten Benner, Sarah Brockmeier, Erna Burai, C.S.R. Murthy
  Executive Summary A decade after the United Nations adopted the concept of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P) people from atrocity crimes, the world’s record of protection remains grim. But those who point to a global deadlock between “Western” interventionists and “non-Western” stalwarts of…
• Study 07 Apr 2015

  Proteção Efetiva e Responsável contra Crimes de Atrocidade: A Caminho de uma Ação Global

  By Thorsten Benner, Sarah Brockmeier, Erna Burai, C.S.R. Murthy
  Sumário Executivo Uma década após as Nações Unidas adotarem o princípio da Responsabilidade de Proteger pessoas contra crimes de atrocidade (R2P), os resultados das iniciativas mundiais de proteção de indivíduos continuam trágicos. Entretanto, aqueles que identificam como causa desta falta de…
• Journal article 01 Sep 2014

  Emerging Norm and Rhetorical Tool: Europe and a Responsibility to Protect

  By Sarah Brockmeier, Gerrit Kurtz, Julian Junk
• Journal article 31 Aug 2014

  Introduction: Major Powers and the Contested Evolution of a Responsibility to Protect

  By Philipp Rotmann, Gerrit Kurtz, Sarah Brockmeier