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[Politics/Security Workshop] The Responsibility to Protect: Japan’s Role in Translating the Principle from Words to Deeds
2009.06.22
The Responsibility to Protect: Japan’s Role in Translating the Principle from Words to Deeds
- Date/Time:June 22, 2009. 10:00-17:30
- Venue: Room 710, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
- Participants:
- Sarah Teitt (Outreach Director, APR2P, University of Queensland)
- Charles Hunt (Protection Program Leader, APR2P, University of Queensland)
- Tatsuro Kunugi (Visiting Professor, United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies)
- Toshiya Hoshino (Professor, Osaka University)
- Hideaki Shinoda (Associate Professor, Hiroshima University)
- Yuji Uesugi (Associate Professor, Hiroshima University)
- Tetsuya Yamada (Professor, Nanzan University)
- Mariko Shoji (Professor, Keiai University / Lecturer, Waseda University)
- Yukie Osa (Chairperson of the Board, Associate for Aid and Relief, Japan / Professor, Rikkyo University)
- Satoshi Amako (Professor, Waseda University / Leader of Global COE Program (GIARI) and Asia Human Community (AHC) )
- Yasushi Katsuma (Professor, Waseda University)
- Miki Honda (Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Center of Waseda University)
- Language: English
- Organizers:
- Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI),
- Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect,
- Asia Human Community (AHC)
Purposes and Contents of the Workshop
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is newly-developed concept in international relations which relates to a state’s responsibilities towards its population and to the international community’s responsibility in case that a state fails to fulfill its responsibilities.
The R2P principles were first developed by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), established by the Canadian government in the December 200 report “The Responsibility to Protect.” The principles were endorsed by the September 2005 World Summit outcome document, and adopted by the United Nations Security Council in the UNSC Resolution 1674 on April 2006.
Supporters of R2P view it as a method of establishing a normative basis for humanitarian intervention and its consistent application. However, some nations, mainly developing countries, criticize that R2P encourages foreign aggression by stronger nations by justifying external breaches of the state sovereignty. Another argue that R2P places too much emphasis on violent issues such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and does not address equally devastating cases of famine, natural disaster and poverty.
As well as Japanese scholars and NGO leaders, R2P specialists from Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect in Brisbane, Australia, discussed the recent situation in Asia.
The R2P principles were first developed by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), established by the Canadian government in the December 200 report “The Responsibility to Protect.” The principles were endorsed by the September 2005 World Summit outcome document, and adopted by the United Nations Security Council in the UNSC Resolution 1674 on April 2006.
Supporters of R2P view it as a method of establishing a normative basis for humanitarian intervention and its consistent application. However, some nations, mainly developing countries, criticize that R2P encourages foreign aggression by stronger nations by justifying external breaches of the state sovereignty. Another argue that R2P places too much emphasis on violent issues such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and does not address equally devastating cases of famine, natural disaster and poverty.
As well as Japanese scholars and NGO leaders, R2P specialists from Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect in Brisbane, Australia, discussed the recent situation in Asia.
Programs
MC: Yasushi KATSUMA
Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
- Opening Remarks
Satoshi AMAKO Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University Leader, Global COE (GIARI), Waseda University Leader, Asia Human Community (AHC), Waseda University - Purpose of Workshop
Miki HONDA Research Fellow, GIARI, Waseda University - Japanese foreign policy and R2P
Toshiya HOSHINO Professor, Graduate School of Osaka University - Q&A
- Peace Operation and Japan
Yuji UESUGI Associate Professor, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University - Q&A
- Lunch
Venue: TBA (within Waseda University) - International Law and R2P
Tetsuya YAMADA Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University - Q&A
- Humanitarian Assistance and R2P
Yukie OSA Chairperson of the Board, Association for Aid and Relief, Japan Professor, Rikkyo University - Q&A
- Break
- Evaluating R2P
Mariko SHOJI Professor, Keiai University - Q&A
- Peace Building Activities and Japan
Hideaki SHINODA Associate Professor, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University - Q&A
- Break
- Comments & Discussions
Sarah TEITT Outreach Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Charles HUNT Protection Program Leader, Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Tatsuro KUNUGI Visiting Professor, United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies - Closing Remarks
Yasushi KATSUMA Professor, GSAPS, Waseda University
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