The Responsibility to Protect and the Third Pillar: Legitimacy and Operationalization

As the RtoP moves from norm to operationalization, greater analysis of action to halt crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing is needed. This uncovers opportunities and challenges associated with third pillar interventions by looking at legal, economic, political, military and alternative interventions in third-countries.

Eamon Aloyo, Hague Institute for Global Justice, Netherlands, Global Governance Institute, Belgium and Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Canada David Curran, University of Coventry, UK Caroline Fehl, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany Daniel Fiott, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Karim Hamza, Advisor to the Cairo Governor, Egypt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and University of Albany, US Roopmati Khandekar, Indian Foreign Policy Institute, India Joachim Koops, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Natasha Kuhrt, King's College London, UK Esther Marijnen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Medlir Mema, George Washington University, US and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Thomas Ramopoulos, European Commission, Belgium Kate Seaman, University of Bath, UK Conor Seyle, One Earth Future Foundation, USA Peiran Wang, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Mathias Holvoet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium