Three years ago, the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect released a landmark publication, A Framework for Action for the Responsibility to Protect: A Resource for States. Today, we're releasing an unofficial Bahasa Indonesia translation of it.
The Framework grew out of a shift in the General Assembly's annual R2P debates, where many States began calling for more focus on implementation — that is, on concrete steps States can take, both at home and abroad, alone or together, to better protect populations from atrocity crimes.
It lays out actions States can take across four areas:
- Domestic laws, policies, and institutions
- Bilateral cooperation and influence
- Regional cooperation
- Multilateral cooperation
The Framework is meant for every State, not only those with a history of atrocity crimes or a high perceived risk. Risk factors like inequality, discrimination, marginalisation, xenophobia, and identity-based violence exist to some degree in every society — just as every State also has institutions and actors that help guard against atrocities. Whatever a State's risk profile, tackling these factors and reinforcing these safeguards helps build more stable, harmonious, and resilient societies.
A Framework for Action for the Responsibility to Protect: A Resource for States ( Bahasa Indonesia)
