Introduction Claudio Fuentes and Mónica Serrano Part 1: Mapping the Responsibility to Protect in Latin America 1. Argentina and the R2P: Foreign Policy and Human Rights Carina Solmirano 2. Brazil, the R2P and the Shaping of Regional Order Marcelo Biato Fortuna 3. Small Country, Big Challenges: R2P in Chile's Foreign Policy Claudio Fuentes 4. Costa Rica and R2P: Trailblazer or Mouthpiece of the North? Jorge A. Ballestero 5. Mexico and the R2P: From Non-Intervention to Active Engagement? Mónica Serrano and Diego Dewar 6. Guatemala: A Test-Case for the R2P? Manolo E. Vela Castañeda 7. Bolivia: Violence in Pando & the R2P George Gray Molina and Gustavo Bonifaz 8. Colombia: A Free-Rider with a Vested Interest in the (Non)-Development of R2P? Diego Dewar and Annette Idler Part 3: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect 9. Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions Thomas Pegram 10. Developing R2P Regional Institutional Capacities Thomas Legler 11. Latin American Responsibilities in Vulnerable States: The Case of Haiti Mónica Hirst