Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) saves lives by mobilizing the international community to act in situations where populations are at risk of mass atrocity crimes. It exists to uphold the norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), adopted by the UN in 2005. The Global Centre was established in 2008 by supportive governments, leading figures from the human rights field, and five leading international non-governmental organizations. It has offices in New York and Geneva and focuses on mobilizing action, conducting research, recommending strategies for atrocity prevention capacity building, and working with affected communities, NGOs, governments and regional bodies.

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) was established in 2008 by supportive governments, leading figures from the human rights field (including former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson), as well as five of the world's leading international non-governmental organizations (Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group, Oxfam International, Refugees International and the World Federalist Movement). It exists to uphold the norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), adopted by the UN in 2005. The Global Centre has offices in New York and Geneva.

The Global Centre seeks to transform the Responsibility to Protect into a practical guide for action in the face of mass atrocities.

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