#NemaMilaninia on #ResponsibilityToProtect [1] and the impending US+IL attack on Iran: "If lawful responses amount primarily to documentation and delayed accountability, confidence in legal restraint itself may gradually erode. ... The challenge... may not be choosing between law and protection, but confronting whether the present balance between them remains tenable in the face of mass atrocity." [2]

@masoud @Mehrad #R2P #ManicheismFest

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect#Iran_2026
[2] https://www.justsecurity.org/131870/iran-crises-human-rights-rules-use-force

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Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Peace Plan from the Lens of the 20-Year-Old Call by the UN General Assembly to Crystalise “R2P”

Twenty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly (“UNGA”) in the 2005 World Summit Outcome narrowed the scope of th

#InternationalHumanitarianLaw #ResponsibilityToProtect #UNSCResolution2803

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/trumps-20-point-gaza-peace-plan-from-the-lens-of-the-20-year-old-call-by-the-un-general-assembly-to-crystalise-r2p/

Just a thought. Does Canada need provinces anymore? I'm from Alberta, so take that for what it's worth. Our provincial government blames everyone else for anything wrong, so clearly they don't think they are doing anything about those areas of government. As for the things they take credit for, they're just taking away services from Albertans. They give away our money to private interests who do nothing for the majority except price things out of reach. Therefore they really aren't fulfilling the responsibilities they do have.

So clearly provinces are just a layer of expensive overhead that could be governed by elected regional boards of the various services formerly under control of the provinces. Redraw the lines for these regions since it's time for a shakeup to disrupt the unethical players who game the system.

With the UCP actively kowtowing to American interests, clearly they aren't dedicated to our country. So, get rid of them entirely!

#Canada #provinces #democracy #responsibilitytoprotect

July 2025 Encampment Update - Councillor Chris Moise

"I made it a priority to approach encampments differently: with compassion, consistency, and commitment to real housing outcomes. … without the violence of mass clearings or the abandonment of people to shelter waitlists. 

… Last Friday … the final [one] was removed after the individual residing there were permanently housed."

❤ #compassion #responsibilitytoprotect

https://www.chrismoise.ca/july_2025_encampment_update

Quoting Yagil Levy on why the West won't intervene in Gaza despite "Right to Protect" norm:

[...] No one in the West would even consider this, as Israel enjoys U.S. protection and is still perceived as part of the West, a segment of the Iron Curtain against the Muslim world, and one worthy of sympathy due to the trauma of October 7th which evokes the memory of the Holocaust. Western nations will continue to watch the starvation, destruction, killing, and displacement, as well as the infants buried in Gaza who also take with them Israel's moral identity.

The "Responsibility to Protect" principle, established by the UN in 2005, mandates international action when governments fail to protect populations from mass atrocities. Despite catastrophic conditions in Gaza with at least 30,000 [?] dead and 2 million displaced—far exceeding the Kosovo crisis that prompted NATO intervention—the West won't intervene.

Unlike Kosovo, where NATO bypassed the UN to prevent ethnic cleansing, the US vetoes moderate UN resolutions on Gaza. Israel enjoys US protection, alliances that prevent international intervention persist, and historical trauma influences global perception.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-07-30/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000198-5589-de6e-a198-dded1b8c0000 or https://archive.ph/TfSZ3

"Responsibility to Protect" (#R2P) is a global political commitment endorsed by all UN member states in 2005. It asserts that:

1. Every state has the primary duty to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.

2. If a state fails to fulfill this duty, the international community has a responsibility to help protect civilians through peaceful means (e.g., diplomacy, aid).

3. If peaceful measures fail, the UN Security Council may authorize decisive action—including the use of force—as a last resort, to prevent mass atrocities.

https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/responsibility-protect/about

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