Responsibility To Protect [ R2P ] is an idea coming from the United Nations. It seems to mean that the rulers of a country have obligations to their people. That is rather the point of any government that claims that it is Democratic. Defending people against their enemies, whether internal of external is its primary duty. Letting them get on with their own lives comes a strong second in my view but that is a Libertarian approach.
Governments should protect their own. That meands inter alia not murdering them, no Ethnic Cleansing, Ethnic Fouling or Genocide. Those are Crimes against humanity. The UN has granted itself the right to invade in extreme cases, in effect that breaches of R2P are Casus Belli, a case for war.
The UN is not at all effective against the extreme brutality of Zionist thugs running Israel. They commissioned the Goldstone Report, which was written by a Jew. That was about it. This is not to say that there are not other, deeply unpleasant thugs out there but the Jews are the most corrupt, paranoid & evil. They are also effective. So was Adolf but it is not remembered to his credit. The UN authorized the attack on Iraq after Blair lied to us about WMD but that was about oil. Human rights came nowhere.
Responsibility To Protect ex Wiki
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The responsibility to protect (RtoP or R2P) is a norm or set of principles based on the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility. RtoP focuses on preventing and halting four crimes: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, which it places under the generic umbrella term of, "Mass Atrocity Crimes". The responsibility to protect can be thought of as having three parts.
A State has a responsibility to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing (mass atrocities).
If the State is unable to protect its population on its own, the international community has a responsibility to assist the state by building its capacity. This can mean building early-warning capabilities, mediating conflicts between political parties, strengthening the security sector, mobilizing standby forces, and many other actions.
If a State is manifestly failing to protect its citizens from mass atrocities and peaceful measures are not working, the international community has the responsibility to intervene at first diplomatically, then more coercively, and as a last resort, with military force.
In the international community RtoP is a norm, not a law. RtoP provides a framework for using tools that already exist (like mediation, early warning mechanisms, economic sanctioning, and chapter VII powers) to prevent mass atrocities. Civil society organizations, States, regional organizations, and international institutions all have a role to play in the operationalization of RtoP. The authority to employ the last resort and intervene militarily rests solely with United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly.
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This is an excuse for invading small countries that cannot hit back. Why not just steal their oil and have done?