ONUNCU YILININ ARDINDAN “KORUMA SORUMLULUĞU”NUN KAVRAMSAL GELİŞİMİNE FEMİNİST BİR ELEŞTİRİ
A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AFTER THE NORM’S FIRST DECADE

Summary/Abstract: The responsibility to protect (R2P) norm was adopted under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) twelve years ago. Based on the assumption that R2P has not yet achieved the capacity to change states’ practice, in this article, the content and scope of R2P are analysed on grounds of feminist critiques of the norm, and issues for potential normative development are assessed. From a gender perspective, it is known that “Women, Peace and Security” scholars and practitioners approach R2P with caution because of its close relation to the humanitarian intervention doctrine. Accordingly, in the first section, the normative transformation from a right to intervene into a responsibility to protect will be analysed in order to highlight the core differences. Following this, core points of feminist critiques of R2P in the current literature will be reviewed. In the third section, through a content analysis of the R2P specific reports vis-à-vis the understanding put forth in the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, it will be argued that R2P is not yet a sufficiently gender-aware approach, although it reflects the transformation from a militarist understanding towards a protective and preventive one. In light of feminist critiques, the penultimate section of the article discusses what else is needed for further normative evolution of R2P.

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