The Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect's mission is to advance the Responsibility to Protect principle within the Asia-Pacific Region and worldwide, and support the building of capacity to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

 

Launched by Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Edward Luck and former Foreign Minister of Canada, Lloyd Axworthy in Bangkok on 20 February 2008, The Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) is an Associate of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, based in New York. Housed at the prestigious University of Queensland in Australia and with programs situated across the region, the Centre conducts research, policy work and outreach aimed at furthering acceptance of R2P within the Asia-Pacific Region.