Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)Data for this study is available at http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10144Publics around the world say the United Nations has the responsibility to protect people from genocide and other severe human rights abuses even if this means acting against the will of their own government, according to a multinational study. Large numbers are open to UN intervention in Darfur, where Arab militias linked to the Sudanese government are accused of massacring the civilian population. But many seem to be uninformed about the situation in western Sudan and declined to answer.JusticeHuman rightsUnited NationsGenocideArticle