Responsibility to Protect Archives - World Refugee and Migration Council

Displacement in Afghanistan: How Should the International Community Respond?

Posted on September 14, 2021December 22, 2021 by WRMC in Event

Virtual Panel Discussion: 14 September 2021, 09:00-10:30 EDT | 16:00-17:30 Geneva Related Event: Pathways for Protection: Promoting Sponsorship Initiatives for Refugees Watch Moderator Fen Osler Hampson WRMC President and Chancellor’s Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Panelists Belquis Ahmadi Senior Program Officer, Afghanistan Program, USIP Nipa Banerjee Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, […]

Canada should support legal limits on UN Security Council vetoes

Posted on December 21, 2020December 13, 2023 by Lloyd Axworthy in Opinion

Few threats to international peace are more urgent and compelling than the possibility of mass atrocity. When the UN Security Council becomes aware that genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity are in progress or in prospect, it has both the duty and the means to respond effectively. Doing so quickly is important.