This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

Daniel Silander is Associate Professor in political science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Don Wallace is Professor of criminal justice at the University of Central Missouri, USA.

1. Introduction, Daniel Silander & Don Wallace 2. The United Nations, International Organizations and Responsibility to Protect, Don Wallace & Daniel Silander 3. Contextualizing Conflict: Trends and Challenges in the Syrian Civil War, Stephen Marr 4. ICC, Don Wallace 5. OPCW, John Janzekovic 6. OIC, Melinda Negrón-Gonzales 7. LAS, Alan Patterson & Craig McLean 8. GCC, Daniel Silander 9. NATO, Daniel Silander 10. G8, Niall Michelsen 11. OSCE, Martin Nilsson 12. Conclusion, Don Wallace & Daniel Silander