Petro’s Challenge: Decolonising R2P in Gaza

Ximena Dadds & Yes Lledo

Latin America’s Challenge to the Selective Enforcement of Humanitarian Protection Norms

Timeframe: 07/10/2023 – 30/10/2025

Israel · Humanitarian Interventions

Key Insights

• This brief examines how Colombian President Petro’s call for R2P intervention in Gaza challenges Western selective enforcement of humanitarian norms. It argues that Petro exposes how imperial powers control intervention based on geopolitical interests, not humanitarian need. Drawing on Latin America’s shared colonial history with Palestine, Petro reclaims R2P as collective Global South responsibility, positioning formerly colonized nations as corrective actors redefining humanitarian protection.

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