International Scientific Conference "The Responsibility of States and the International Community to Protect Population from Atrocity Crimes" is organized by the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law and the Inter University Centre Dubrovnik (IUC).
The conference is organized to mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document with its paragraphs 138 and 139 on the principle of the responsibility of States and the International Community to protect population from atrocity crimes ("R2P principle") at the United Nations World Summit and by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly.
During the conference, scientists and experts involved in the prevention and suppression of atrocity crimes will actively discuss the scientific and practical aspects of the R2P principle.