International Justice and Human Rights Centre

20 Years Since the Promise of the World Summit Outcome

6th and 7th May 2025, Ljubljana, Slovenia

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Participants,

We wish to inform you that owing to unforeseen circumstances, the 7th Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Conference will no longer be held in Liverpool and will take place at its place of origin, Ljubljana.

We understand this change may cause some inconvenience, and sincerely apologise for that.

The Organising Committee is working diligently to finalise the details and will post further information as soon as possible.

We are also pleased to confirm that the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, H.E. Tanja Fajon, will open the conference on 6th May 2025.

The Call for Papers remains open. We encourage you to continue submitting your abstracts via the online submission form on the R2PConference website. All submitted abstracts will be considered for the conference in Ljubljana.

Further details will be circulated shortly. Thank you for your understanding and continued interest in the R2P conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Ljubljana.

Dr Vasilka Sancin Conference Chair Faculty of Law University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Maša Kovič Dine, PhD Conference Series Coordinator Assistant Professor at the Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana

Dr Patrick Butchard International Justice and Human Rights Centre Edge Hill University Ormskirk, United Kingdom

20 Years since the 2005 World Summit Outcome

2025 marks 20 years on from 2005 World Summit when the international community adopted the principle of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. The Responsibility to Protect has developed from its initial idea, faced the inaction of states and the United Nations Security Council, but has also seen progress in its implementation through ‘R2P Focal Points’ and in the UN General Assembly, as well as other parts of the UN system, and within regional organisations.

The Organising Committee invites abstracts to be submitted for the 7^th Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Conference to be held in Ljubljana from 6th May 2025.

About the Conference

The Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Series is a series of biennial international interdisciplinary conferences established by the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The series is devoted exclusively to the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P/RtoP), with the objective to create an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to engage in an interdisciplinary academic debate on the theoretical and practical implications of the principle. The conferences are organised as a forum where international experts and researchers have the opportunity to participate in a discourse on issues related to R2P and its applicability in practice.

Since 2013, the conference has been hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana. Edge Hill University hosted a special anniversary event in 2021, online, during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the conference will bring together colleagues from around the world for a special event to mark 20 years since the 2005 World Summit Outcome.

The conference website www.R2Pconference.com will provide further details on the conference venues, and further recommendations on accommodation in due course. Registration will open in the coming weeks, and so please check back on this page for the latest updates, or register for updates above to be added to our list for the latest information.