Drawing on a notable example of a non-Western normative initiative, Brazil's 'Responsibility
while Protecting'(RwP), this article contributes to broadening the scope of the norm …

The case of R2P calls for greater attention to agency and feedback in norm dynamics. New
international norms are more likely to spread if the responsibility for their creation and …

The introduction develops this special issue's main research question: under which
conditions are challenges to norms likely to decrease their robustness? The issue presents …

This article makes empirical use of the concepts of norm localization and norm subsidiarity,
as developed by Acharya and revamped by Prantl and Nakano, to analyze Brazil's …

The collaborative project reported in this special issue has sought to move beyond any
straightforward connection between norm violation or norm contestation, on the one hand …

Brazil's decision to introduce the concept of Responsibility while Protecting (RwP) marks,
irrespective of its ultimate success or failure, a milestone in the process of multipolarization …

This article examines how and why contrasting interpretations of the international
community's role in preventing and responding to mass atrocity crimes continue to exist a …

This article examines Brazil's responsibility while protecting (RwP) initiative as an example
of norm sponsorship available to nonpermanent members of the Security Council. After …

Abstract The Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect
(R2P) populations from atrocity crimes are two norms that emerged at the turn of the new …

We argue that emerging powers' reluctance to conform to new norms at the global level is
grounded not in rejection of norms' content, but in contestation of norms' implementation …