ABSTRACT
The fifth chapter traces the evolution and institutionalization of the responsibility to protect doctrine through its consideration and refinement at the 2005 UN World Summit, where a hard-fought consensus was established around two key paragraphs of the summit’s Outcome Document. It tracks several of the most significant developments to emerge from the 2005 summit and briefly considers the implications of the revised and reworked version of the doctrine enunciated in that text, especially its carefully moderated language of responsibility.
