The International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) and the Permanent Peace Movement (PPM), convened an introductory workshop on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP or R2P) for civil society organizations from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region held in Broumana, Lebanon from 17-18 December 2012. The
workshop, which was the first RtoP event in the region, was attended by civil society organizations from fourteen MENA states and territories, representing a range of sectors, including women’s rights, international justice, intercommunal peacebuilding, human rights and disarmament. The League of Arab States (LAS), the Lebanese Parliament,
the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and RtoP (OGPRtoP), and the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) also participated. Additionally the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) provided support for the event and was represented.
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