RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN THEORY AND PRACTICE CONFERENCE


2025 marks 20 years on from 2005 World Summit when the international community adopted the principle of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. The Responsibility to Protect has developed from its initial idea, faced the inaction of states and the United Nations Security Council, but has also seen progress in its implementation through ‘R2P Focal Points’ and in the UN General Assembly, as well as other parts of the UN system, and within regional organisations. 


The Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Series is a series of biennial international interdisciplinary conferences established by the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The series is devoted exclusively to the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P/RtoP), with the objective to create an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to engage in an interdisciplinary academic debate on the theoretical and practical implications of the principle. The conferences are organised as a forum where international experts and researchers have the opportunity to participate in a discourse on issues related to R2P and its applicability in practice. 

Since 2013, the conference has been hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana. Edge Hill University hosted a special anniversary event in 2021, online, during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the conference will be co-organised by the two universities and hosted by the International Justice and Human Rights Centre, Edge Hill University, bringing together colleagues from around the world for a special event to mark 20 years since the 2005 World Summit Outcome. 

 2025 marks 20 years on from 2005 World Summit when the international community adopted the principle of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. 
Conference Chair: 
Professor Vasilka Sancin, PhD, 
​Head of the Department of International Law and Director of the Institute of International Law and International Relations at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Member and Vice-Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee (2019-2022)
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Organizing Committee:
Patrik Butchard, PhD,
International Justice and Human Rights Centre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom
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​Conference Series Coordinator: 
Maša Kovič Dine, PhD,
Assistant Professor at the Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana






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THE CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE SEVENTH RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN THEORY AND PRACTICE CONFERENCE
IS OUT!

​THE SEVENTH RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN THEORY AND PRACTICE  CONFERENCE

MAY 6 - 7, 2025
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This year the conference will be co-organized again with Edge Hill University and will take place in Liverpool, UK.

R2P SONG by murat&jose

R2P BOOKS
Books on topical issues related to R2P by Professor Sancin:
- Are we "manifestly failing" R2P? (ed. Dr. Vasilka Sancin)
- Responsibility to Protect - Where Do We Stand Ten Years After? (ed. Dr Vasilka Sancin)
Click here for the ORDER FORM
- Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice
​(eds. Dr Vasilka Sancin and Maša Kovič Dine) 
Click here for the ORDER FORM
DOWNLOAD THE SONG AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE!
The song was prepared specifically for this conference and performed by a famous Slovenian rap band Murat & Jose. 
​For lyrics click here