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Responsibility to Protect (International Law) — Ljubljana, Slovenia

University fo Ljubjana Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, presents an international conference, Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice, April 11-12, 2013. Abstracts for papers or poster presentations are due Oct. 31, 2012.

The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Lessons learned from the current application of RtoP in practice;
• Interconnection of RtoP with the UN Charter;
• Veto in the UN Security Council – Other avenues for action to protect civilian populations;
• The RtoP and international criminal court – A partnership?
• Role of civil society in implementation of RtoP;
• Other examples of the need to protect the civilian population – is extension of the RtoP concept possible/desirable?

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