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In Responsibility to Protect and Women, Peace and Security: Aligning the Protection Agendas, editors Davies, Nwokora, Stamnes and Teitt address the intersections of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle and the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.
Widespread or systematic sexual or gender-based violence is a war crime, a crime against humanity and an act of genocide, all of which are clearly addressed in the R2P principle. The protection of those at risk of widespread sexual violence is therefore not only relative to the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, but a fundamental sovereign obligation for all states as part of their commitment to R2P.
Contributions from policy-makers and academics consider both the merits and the utility of aligning the protection agendas of R2P and WPS. Ultimately, a number of actionable recommendations are made concerning a unification of the agendas to best support the global empowerment of women and prevention of mass atrocities.
Contents
Introduction
Sara E. Davies, Zim Nwokora, Eli Stamnes and Sarah Teitt
Chapter One
The responsibility to protect: Integrating gender perspectives into policies and practices
Eli Stamnes
Chapter Two
Translating UNSCR 1325 into Practice: Lessons Learned and Obstacles Ahead
Katrina Lee Koo
Chapter Three
WPS and R2P: Theorising Responsibility and Protection
Lucy Hall and Laura J. Shepherd
Chapter Four
Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and perpetrators of sexual violence crimes in armed conflicts
Inger Skjelsbæk
Chapter Five
Gender-sensitive protection and the Responsibility to Prevent: Lessons from Chad
John Karlsrud and Randi Solhjell
Chapter Six
Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Putting the Responsibility to Protect into Practice
Sahana Dharmapuri
Chapter Seven
Beyond 'Cultural Constraint': Gender, Security and Participation in the Pacific Islands
Nicole George
Chapter Eight
The Obstacles of Aligning Women Peace and Security and the Responsibility to Protect in UN Practice
Melina Lito
