Statements and Speeches

APR2P participates and hosts multiple events concerning human rights, international law and topics related to R2P and atrocity prevention throughout any given year. APR2P staff, patrons and other distinguished guests frequently talk at these events, and below are transcripts of speeches and presentations that have been given.

Statements 

APPAP Members Statement on The Philippines, 29 June 2020

Open Letter to the Governments of the World to Support the Work of Atrocity Prevention during the COVID-19 Pandemic May 2020

Joint NGO Statement: Humanitarian and Security Implications of the COVID-19 crisis in northern Iraq, April 2020 

Responding to COVID-19: Joint Statement by civil society organisations for ASEAN to heed the US Secretary-General's calls for a ceasefire, March 2020 

APR2P Statement on West Papua, September 2019 

APR2P Statement on the recent violence in Papua New Guinea, July 2019 

APPAP Statement on Myanmar, June 2019 

Statement by the Centre's Regional Director during the UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue, 2016 

Statement by the Centre's Director during the UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue, 2015

Statement by the Centre's Director during the UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue, 2014 

Speeches

Queensland Kristallnacht Commemoration 9 November 2022: Genocide prevention through the eyes of my grandparents. Address by Nikki Marczak 

Remarks for Yom Ha'Shoah, 28 April 2022, Brisbane, Australia. Address by Professer Alex Bellamy

Dr Surin Pitsuwan Memorial Oration: The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) through the Human Rights Lens: Implications for South-east Asia, Jakarta 2019 (Spotlight article, Issue 58, September 2019).

The Genocide Convention at 70, by Professor Alex Bellamy in Brisbane, Australia, 10 December 2018 

Keynote Address by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans, Bangkok 2018 (Spotlight article, Issue 51, September 2018).

The Inaurgural Dr Surin Pitsuwan Memorial Oration, Bangkok 2018 (Spotlight article, Issue 49, September 2018)

Address by Prof. Alex Bellamy on Yom Ha'Shoah in Brisbane, Australia, 1 April 2018 

Presentation by Prof. Alex Bellamy commemorating Yom Ha'Shoah in Brisbane, Australia, 15 April 2015 (Spotlight article, Issue 20, April 2015).

National Human Rights Institutions and the Responsibility to Protect: Reflections from the Philippine Experience. Remarks by Loretta Ann P. Rosales at the International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect at 10 (PDF, 54KB).

Promoting and Advancing the Responsibility to Protect in Cambodia: What Role for Academia? Remarks by Professor Pou Sovachana at the International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect at 10

Keynote Dinner Address by Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, at the International Conference on the Responsiblity to Protect at 10, 26 February 2015 

Keynote Address by His Excellency Samdech Hun Sen at the International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect at 10, 26 February 2015 

Lecture presented by Prof. Alex Bellamy on The Responsibility to Protect and International Law in Santa Cataraina, Brazil, 4 June 2014 (Spotlight article, Issue 10, June 2014).

Presentation by Prof. Tim Dunne on R2P as an Academic Pursuit at UQ, 2 October 2012  (Spotlight article, Issue 1, December 2012).

 

 

 

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Rebecca Barber, The U.N. General Assembly's Veto Initiative Turns One. Is It Working?, Just Security, 26 April 2023.

Rebecca Barber, Addressing atrocity crimes at the United Nations General Assembly's 77th SessionJust Security, 21 September 2022.

Rebecca Barber, The People of Myanmar Need to Be Heard, Not Ostracized, on the International StageJust Security, 29 March 2022.

Rebecca Barber, Could Russia be Suspended from the United Nations?EJIL: Talk!, 1 March 2022.

Rebecca Barber, What can the UN General Assembly do about Russian Aggression in Ukraine?EJIL: Talk!, 26 February 2022.

Rebecca Barber, How Should Governments Decide Whether or not to Recognise other Governments, and can the General Assembly Help?EJIL: Talk!, 6 December 2021.

Rebecca Barber, How the UN General Assembly Can Respond to Atrocity Crimes at Its 76th SessionJust Security, 14 September 2021.

Rebecca Barber et al, Myanmar's Credentials at the UNPassBlue, 12 September 2021.

Rebecca Barber, Will the Taliban Represent Afghanistan at the UN General Assembly?EJIL: Talk!, 1 September 2021. 

Rebecca Barber, The UN Has Options Byond the Security Council for Cross-Border Aid to SyriaJust Security, 21 June 2021.

Rebecca Barber, The General Assembly should provide guidance to the UN system on the question of who gets to represent MyanmarEJIL: Talk!, 7 June 2021. 

Rebecca Barber and Alex Bellamy, General Assembly It's time to step up response to massive human rights violationsInternational Service for Human Rights, 4 May 2021.

Rebecca Barber, Could the General Assembly Exclude Myanmar from the UN by Refusing to Recognise the Credentials of its Ruling Military Junta?EJIL: Talk!, 26 February 2021.

Rebecca Barber, UN Security Council Won't Respond to Myanmar's Coup, But the General Assembly CanJust Security, 25 February 2021.

Rebecca Barber, Reassessing the Role of the UN Security CouncilAustralian Outlook, 19 May 2020. 

Rebecca Barber, Syria: What the UN can do, and must doThe Interpreter, 3 March 2020. 

Rebecca Barber, Is Security Council Authorisation Really Necessary to Allow Cross-Border Humanitarian Assistance in Syria?EJIL: Talk!, 24 February 2020.