This Open Syllabus on the Responsibility to Protect R2P is developed by the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. Over the past several years, R2P has emerged as a critical point of discussion in international discourse about how to best ensure the protection of populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Despite the importance of this R2P as a global politico-legal doctrine, the concept of R2P is hardly reflected in the curriculum of international law courses in Indian law schools. Understanding the future directions of R2P in a changing world becomes important to study the system and institutions of international law. The study of ethics and politics of R2P also becomes important for researchers and students from the Global South to evaluate third-world ideas and approaches to the responses of global institutions to crises. The purpose of this open syllabus is to help Indian law schools to engage in research, training and teaching about the Responsibility to Protect. The open syllabus seeks to develop an in-depth understanding of the R2P concept and encourages learners to critically examine the ethics, law, and politics of R2P. This project is developed as a framework that can be adopted by law schools as a credit course. The contents of this course can also be incorporated into the existing international law courses in law schools. All chapters are tailored so that the readers get a holistic knowledge of the discourse of R2P.

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