Canada once again leads the way in International Peacekeeping with its new report for the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT | International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

It's long, so I won't be able to read it until later today... but the basic gist seems to be this:

1. The responsibility to prevent: to address both the root causes and direct causes of internal conflict and other man-made crises putting populations at risk.


2. The responsibility to react: to respond to situations of compelling human need with appropriate measures, which may include coercive measures like sanctions and international prosecution, and in extreme cases military intervention.


3. The responsibility to rebuild: to provide, particularly after a military intervention, full assistance with recovery, reconstruction and reconciliation, addressing the causes of the harm the intervention was designed to halt or avert.