A webinar titled, “Responsibility to Protect: The Human rights Doctrine” was organized by Dr Humaira Shafi, Assistant Professor at the NUST Centre for International Peace and Stability (CIPS) on 16th February 2022.
The session started with the introductory speech by Prof. Tughral Yamin, Dean CIPS. He explained the key terms relevant to R2P along with the misconceptions the world at large has about R2P such as the Responsibility to Protect is a western concept. Dr Yamin highlighted that the conceptual and operational development of the responsibility to protect has multiple origins as well as contributions by member states from the global south and the responsibility to protect constituting both a domestic and foreign policy issue.
