In September 2005, the states in the UN General Assembly accepted the existence of a “responsibility to protect” vulnerable peoples. In other words, governments could no longer treat their citizens however they wanted.
在2005年9月的联合国大会上，各成员国接受了对弱势族群的“保护责任”。也就是说，各国政府不能再对其公民为所欲为了。