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The UN Should Increase Support for the Responsibility to Protect
Last month, the Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), George Okoth-Obbo, tendered his resignation after just 17 months in the job.
He did not publicly share his reasons for doing so; however, those who worked with him knew he left a situation in which it had become impossible to meaningfully advance either the conceptual and political development or the implementation of the R2P.
- Rebecca Barber
- Just Security
Okoth-Obbo is known as a skilled and passionate advocate for victims of atrocity crimes.
The UN Should Increase Support for the Responsibility to ProtectHe was particularly respected for his commitment to engaging with civil society, at a time at which – according to a…