Description What is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)? Does Syria meet the requirements for its application? (HINT: The arguments presented by Marc Weller and David Tafuri to justify the multilateral attack on Syria as a legitimate action according to international law provide examples of the justification for intervention. Also see Akbarzadeh and Saba’s discussion of why many UN member states are suspicious of R2P.
R2P and Syria
