Gareth Evans has been president of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) since January 2000. He was Australia's foreign minister from 1988 to 1996. In 2000-2001 he was co-chair of the international commission on intervention and state sovereignty (Iciss), appointed by the Canadian government, which published its report, The Responsibility to Protect, in December 2001.

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A new principle underlying the defence of peoples from atrocity won acceptance from the international community in the mid-2000s. It needs to be both reaffirmed and clarified, says Gareth Evans of the International Crisis Group.

The "responsibility to protect" peoples in distress has the support of global public opinion, finds new research. What does that mean for crisis-areas such as Darfur? Gareth Evans & Andrew Stroehlein of the International Crisis Group report.

A terrible human catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan. It is an immediate practical test for the world community, writes Gareth Evans of the International Crisis Group. For Anthony Barnett, it raises a wider question: will the world’s public support intervention after the deceits with which America pursued it in Iraq?