Spotlight articles are produced by APR2P to provide a snapshot of R2P and its associated policy environment. Part newsletter, part meeting report and part policy summary, Spotlights give readers an overview on the state of atrocity prevention in Australia, in the Asia Pacific, and throughout the world.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: North Korea Human Rights and R2P Conference (PDF, 351 KB) March 2024

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Third Japan National Dialogue on R2P and Atrocities Prevention (PDF, 276 KB) March 2024 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention in Vanuatu (PDF, 1.5 MB) March 2024

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: APPAP Seventh Annual Meeting (PDF, 782KB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Youth Hate Speech Capacity Building in Malaysia (PDF,  1.18MB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: APR2P Workshops at the Pacific Islands Association of NGOS Regional Meeting (PDF, 761KB), November 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Thai National Dialogue on Atrocity Prevention, Media, and Journalism (PDF, 1.26MB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Cambodia Capacity Building Training on Importance of Responsibility to Protect (PDF, 2.5MB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Cambodian National Dialogue: "The Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar" (PDF, 802KB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Philippine Workshop on the Responsibility to Protect and Atrocity Prevention: The Relevance of Transitional Justice (PDF, 2.15MB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: National Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect: Reflecting on the Philippine Experience (PDF, 1.29MB), November 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: APPAP Working Group on the Prevention of Hate Speech and Incitement (PDF, 1.3MB), November 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: 2023 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN People’s Forum (PDF, 343 KB), October 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Melanesian Spearhead Group and APR2P Workshop: Framework for Action for R2P (PDF, 6.6 MB), September 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: APR2P/CSIS Training Course on Hate Speech, Disinformation and Incitement to Violence (PDF, 622KB), June 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Asia Pacific Partnership for Atrocity Prevention (APPAP) Working Group for Gender and Atrocity Prevention (PDF, 860KB), April 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Public Seminar on National Collective Violence Database in 2022: Findings and Analysis (PDF, 362KB), April 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Second Japan National Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect and Atrocities Prevention (PDF, 5.5MB), April 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Thailand National Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect (PDF, 3.3MB), April 2023.

SPOTLIGHT ON R2P: Executive Seminar on Gender and Transitional Justice (PDF, 584KB), April 2023.

SPOTLIGHT PACIFIC: Regional Security and the Responsibility to Protect Seminar in Fiji (PDF, 2.5MB), February 2023.

SPOTLIGHT Cambodia: National Dialogue on The Relevance of R2P in Addressing International Crises (PDF, 505KB), January 2023. 

SPOTLIGHT Cambodia: Capacity Building Workshop on "Lessons learned for ASEAN regarding Civil-Military Relations and Atrocities Prevention" (PDF, 445KB), January 2023.

SPOTLIGHT Cambodia: Public Seminar: The Ukraine War: Implications for International Laws, R2P, and Southeast Asia (PDF, 785KB), January 2023.

SPOTLIGHT Cambodia: Public Seminar: Reflections on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Its Past, Present, and Possible Futures (PDF, 645KB), January 2023.

SPOTLIGHT APPAP: APPAP Sixth Annual Meeting 2022 (PDF, 971KB), January 2023.

SPOTLIGHT PACIFIC PROGRAM (PDF, 1.7MB), January 2023.

Lautoka Youth Empowerment Training: Capacity Building Training for Young People (PDF, 857KB), October 2022.

Turning Hate into Love: Empowering Youth for Atrocity Prevention through Participatory VIdeo Training Program, (PDF, 802KB), October 2022

Hate Speech and Youth Project, Research Initiatives Bangladesh, (PDF, 1.3MB), May 2022.

Transitional Justice In and Beyond the Bangsamoro: Role of Community, Culture and Memory (PDF, 2.9MB), May 2022. 

Thailand R2P Program 2021: National Dialogue on Atrocities Prevention: "Next Steps for Atrocity Prevention in Thailand and Southeast Asia" (PDF, 651KB), April 2022.

Japan R2P Program 2021: First National Dialogue on R2P and Atrocities Prevention (PDF, 663KB), March 2022.

Cambodian R2P Program 2021: The Significance of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Myanmar (PDF, 488KB), March 2022.

Cambodian R2P Program 2021: Virtual Seminar on "Responding to the Myanmar Crisis: The Role of the UN and ASEAN" (PDF, 462KB), March 2022.

Cambodian R2P Program 2021: How Can International Mechanisms be Effectively Applied in The National Context to Prevent Atrocities? (PDF, 335KB), March 2022.

Cambodian R2P Program 2021: "ASEAN's Role in Managing the Myanmar Crisis" (PDF, 353KB), March 2022.

Regional Capacity Building, Training for Human Rights Defenders on Atrocity Prevention and Protection Strategies (PDF, 2.6MB), March 2022.

Fiji Civil Society Workshop on Atrocity Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (PDF, 910KB), March 2022.

APPAP Fifth Annual Meeting 2021, (PDF, 440KB), March 2022. 

Drivers of Atrocity: Promoting Youth-Led Community Based Prevention in Bangladesh (PDF, 1.6MB), March 2022. 

Malaysia Youth Project (PDF, 480KB), March 2022.

#ShareItRight - Online Bootcamp for Preventing Hate Speech in Social Media (PDF, 279KB), December 2021.

The 45th Anniversary of Khmer Rouge Victory: What Lessons Could Cambodia Share? (PDF, 974KB), April 2021.

The Responsibility to Protect at 15: Challenges and Future Prospects (PDF, 1.6MB), April 2021.

Towards a National Network for the Prevention of Social Conflict and Atrocity Crimes (PDF, 457KB), April 2021.

APPAP Fourth Annual Meeting 2020 (PDF, 675KB), February 2021.

APPAP Third Annual Meeting Jakarta 2019 (PDF, 880KB), Issue 64, January 2020.  

The Third National Dialogue on Atrocities Prevention: Prevention of Atrocities through Teaching History and Keeping Memories (PDF, 1.7MB), Issue 63, December 2019.

The Role of Parlimentarians in Protecting Relgious Freedom and Beliefs in Anticipating the Risk Factors to Mass Atrocities in Indonesia (PDF, 177KB), Issue 62, December 2019.

The Third Cambodia National Dialogue on R2P and Atrocities Prevention (PDF, 2.2MB), Issue 61, December 2019.

Youth and Atrocity Prevention Forum (PDF, 10.7MB), Issue 60, December 2019.

For Issue 59, September 2019, see China on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 58, September 2019, see the Speeches and Presentations page.

APPAP Working Group on Gender and Atrocity Prevention (PDF, 1.1MB), Issue 57, July 2019.

The Genocide Convention (PDF, 507KB), Issue 56, November 2018.

For Issue 54, October 2018, see Thailand on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 53, October 2018, see Thailand on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 52, September 2018, see Indonesia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 51, September 2018, see the Speeches and Presentations page.

Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Atrocity Prevention in the Asia Pacific, Bangkok 2018 (PDF, 856KB) Issue 50, September 2018.

For Issue 49, September 2018, see the Speeches and Presentations page.

APPAP Second Annual Meeting 2018 (PDF, 443KB) Issue 48, September 2018.

Youth Summit on Atrocity Prevention (PDF, 625KB) Issue 47, September 2018.

United Nations General Assembly 2018 Asia Pacific Perspectives (PDF, 334KB) Issue 46, September 2018.

For Issue 45, July 2018, see China on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Women in International Security Next Generation Symposium, (PDF, 1.9MB) Issue 44, December 2017.

For Issue 43, September 2017, see Cambodia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 42, September 2017, see Indonesia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Public Seminars of the High Level Advisory Panel on the Responsibility to Protect in Southeast Asian Capitals (PDF, 1.5MB) Issue 41, August 2017. 

The Thirteenth Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (PDF, 1.3MB) Issue 40, August 2017.

For Issue 39, August 2017, see Myanmar (Burma) on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Convenors of APPAP Working Group on Gender and Atrocities Prevention facilitate fellowship program for ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (PDF, 1.3MB) Issue 38, March 2017.

Yazidi Survivor Nadia Murad Basee Taha and the Ongoing Yazidi Genocide (PDF, 1.3MB) Issue 37, February 2017.

For Issue 36, February 2017, see China on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For issue 35, December 2016, see China on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 34, October 2016, see Cambodia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 33, October 2016, see Indonesia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

2016 UN General Assembly Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Responsbility to Protect, New York (PDF, 820KB) Issue 32, October 2016.

Will the World Humanitarian Summit "Grand Bargain" deliver? Reflections on the Inaugural World Humanitarian Summit (PDF, 1.2MB) Issue 31, August 2016.

For Issue 30, May 2016, see Malaysia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

The Second International Meeting of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC II) on Preventing Atrocities, Part 2 (PDF, 2.7MB) Issue 29, May 2016.

The Second International Meeting of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC II) on Preventing Atrocities, Part 1 (PDF, 749KB) Issue 28, April 2016.

For Issue 27, April 2016, see Myanmar (Burma) on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 26, March 2016, see Indonesia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 25, December 2015, see China on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 24, October 2015, see Cambodia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Responses from the Asia Pacific region on the Seventh UN General Assembly Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect (PDF, 1MB), Issue 23, October 2015.

For Issue 22, September 2015, see Cambodia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Toward a Culture of Prevention: Advancing Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN (PDF, 1.9MB), Issue 21, August 2015.

For Issue 20a, July 2015, see Myanmar (Burma) on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 20, April 2015, see the Speeches and Presentations page.

For Issue 19, April 2015, see Indonesia or Thailand on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 18, March 2015, see Indonesia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Human Security and Gender Sensitive Policy: Promoting and Protecting Sustainable Development (PDF, 715KB), Issue 17, January 2015.

For Issue 16, November 2014, see China on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

Translation of the ICRtoP Toolkit into Asian languages (PDF, 778KB), Issue 15, November 2014.

The Sixth UN General Assembly Dialogue on R2P (PDF, 1.2MB), Issue 14, October 2014.

For Issue 13, September 2014, see Cambodia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

ASEAN and the Prevention of Violence Against Women (PDF, 813KB), Issue 12, August 2014.

For Issue 11, July 2014, see Indonesia on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

For Issue 10, June 2014, see the Speeches and Presentations page.

Dispelling 5 Myths about Sexual Violence in Conflict: How can we do better with data on Asia Pacific?  (PDF, 522KB), Issue 9, June 2014.

For Issue 8, April 2014, see Thailand on the R2P in the Asia Pacific page.

The Solution in their Hands? Syria and the Security Council (PDF, 1.6MB), Issue 7, April 2014.

Phil Orchard joins APR2P to lead Research on Doctrine, Concepts and Inter-Agency Coordination (PDF, 1.3MB), Issue 6, April 2014.

First Meeting of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) (PDF, 1.8MB), Issue 5, March 2014.

Responses of Asia-Pacific States to the UNSG's Report on Responsibility and Prevention (PDF, 1.7MB), Issue 4, October 2013.

APR2P Forging Australian-African Institutional Linkages (PDF, 1.8MB), Issue 3, July 2013.

New Research Project on Security and Justice in West Africa (PDF, 1.8MB), Issue 2, March 2013.

For Issue 1, December 2012, see the Speeches and Presentations page.