The Challenges Facing the Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Principle in Light of International Humanitarian Law (Gaza Strip as a Case Study)

Abstract

The inability of the international community to uphold human rights, especially in non-international armed conflicts, has prompted the quest for a new human rights protection mechanism known as the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). R2P is a novel idea that justifies action to safeguard humankind. R2P is the idea that states have an obligation to safeguard their citizens against crimes against humanity, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. When a state blatantly fails to safeguard its citizens, whether because of its own responsibility for these crimes or because it is unable or willfully unwilling to do so, the international community bears duty. It has become evident that the R2P principle has a number of implementation issues, indicating its shortcomings. Regarding the R2P principle's implementation preparations, no significant actions have been taken through regional organizations or UN mechanisms.