After a series of conflicts in the 1990s UN members endorsed what became known as the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine, which states that countries have a fundamental sovereign responsibility to protect their citizens (USA: World101, 2022). 

While the principle of non-interference goes back to the founding of the United Nations, the ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) only became part of international law through a U.N. General Assembly resolution in 2005. The INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (ICRtoP) will bring together NGOs from all regions of the world (2009).

These pages informe on the various offices, officials, policy initiatives, and actions related to human rights (2014-22).

The General Assembly entrusted the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people (2019-22).

This agency's mission is to protect human health and the environment (2018).

The anti-hate organization has been founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of anti-Semitism and bigotry. Its mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all (USA 2020). 

Established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly, the agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide (2014-21).

This global organization with headquarters in Oakland, California, seeks to map the health of the world's major river basins. International Rivers promotes water, energy and food production systems that protect communities, regenerate river health, build social and ecological resiliency, and bring equity to the economic development process (USA: International Rivers ...

Gehirne verschiedener Säugetiere werden in der von verschiedenen US - Institutionen getragenen Collection dargestellt. This web site provides browsers with images and information from one of the world's largest collection of well-preserved, sectioned and stained brains of mammals. Viewers will learn why these collections are important, why and how they were assembled, ...

In this lesson, students learn about rain forests around the world, using the Barro Colorado biological reserve in the Panama Canal as a starting point. They then take part in a mock international summit, in which they present information on the challenges facing these rain forests and the initiatives in place to preserve and protect them. (New York Times Lesson Plan ...