2026-02-20

The R2P framework was adopted by UN member states at the 2005 World Summit in response to the failures of international response in Rwanda and Bosnia. Its application to Caribbean states is extremely rare and reflects the severity of the documented conditions. Haiti's previous international interventions, including MINUSTAH (2004-2017) and MSS, were framed primarily as peacekeeping and stabilization operations rather than atrocity prevention responses, making this designation a qualitative shift in international legal framing.