Research Report 2009 - School of Political Science and ...
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<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2007 - <strong>2009</strong><br />
<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Research</strong> News<br />
Staff meeting at the R2P Centre<br />
The Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect<br />
The growing reputation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>and</strong> International Studies in<br />
the field <strong>of</strong> peace <strong>and</strong> conflict studies was recently acknowledged through the<br />
creation <strong>of</strong> the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P). It is<br />
associated with the New York-based Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect,<br />
<strong>and</strong> is one <strong>of</strong> only five centres worldwide dedicated to protecting civilians from<br />
crimes against humanity.<br />
The centre is directed by one <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong>’s leading scholars in the field, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Alex Bellamy, <strong>and</strong> has recently recruited one <strong>of</strong> the region’s leading experts, Doctor<br />
Noel Morada, as Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Research</strong>. In addition, the Centre employs a number <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>School</strong>’s former <strong>and</strong> current research higher degree students. Its purpose is to<br />
conduct research, <strong>and</strong> engage in policy development <strong>and</strong> outreach aimed at<br />
furthering acceptance <strong>of</strong> the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle within the Asia-<br />
Pacific Region <strong>and</strong> helping states to build the capacity to prevent genocide <strong>and</strong> mass<br />
atrocities.<br />
Prominent patrons <strong>of</strong> APR2P include former President <strong>of</strong> the Philippines, Fidel Ramos,<br />
former Australian Foreign Minister <strong>and</strong> President <strong>of</strong> the International Crisis group,<br />
Gareth Evans, <strong>and</strong> former Assistant Vice-President <strong>of</strong> Indonesia, Dewi Fortuna Anwar.<br />
The Centre was launched by two other patrons, Special Adviser to the<br />
Secretary-General <strong>of</strong> the United Nations, Edward Luck, <strong>and</strong> former Foreign Minister <strong>of</strong><br />
Canada, Lloyd Axworthy, in Bangkok on 20 February 2008.<br />
APR2P represents an important new stage in the effort to rid the world <strong>of</strong> genocide<br />
<strong>and</strong> mass atrocities. By facilitating dialogue <strong>and</strong> creating new knowledge, the Centre<br />
aims to strengthen consensus on the Responsibility to Protect <strong>and</strong> help states to build<br />
the capacity to protect. In <strong>2009</strong>, the Centre launched its flagship journal, Global<br />
Responsibility to Protect, a book series published by Routledge, <strong>and</strong> a student<br />
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