The international community continues to have a collective responsibility to act on Sri Lanka under the doctrine of R2P, even though it may have failed to halt the atrocities during the final months of the armed conflict, wrote Henrietta Briscoe in E-International Relations. The former Litigation and Advocacy Officer for Tamils Against Genocide argues that the concept of ‘Responsibilty to Protect’ has been too restrictively applied and proposed that the idea of ‘Responsibility After Not Protecting’ forged within R2P, can be utilised even after a crisis. Briscoe went on to put forward that whilst R2P is conceptualised as being only applicable within the borders of a ‘host’ state, Sri Lankan state violence exceeds those borders. She states that full engagement of the international community is thus needed and can be applied in areas such as political asylum, litigation and diplomacy.