The phrase 'responsibility for protecting' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone who is responsible for protecting something, such as a group of people, an organization, or a country. For example: The police chief has the responsibility for protecting the citizens of the city.
It gave the chief state's attorney direct responsibility for protecting witnesses through a new witness protection unit, made it a felony to intimidate a witness, and gave judges broad authority to issue witness protection orders.
We believe that this is an insufficient response because, in the case of contaminated water supplies, it shifts the responsibility for protecting public health away from those responsible for environmental pollutants to the individuals who bear the risk.
When companies collect user data, they must take responsibility for protecting their users; if they do not want to be responsible for the data, they should refrain from collecting it in the first place.
The financial sector gained for much of the day amid reports that the Senate banking committee was considering giving the Federal Reserve responsibility for protecting consumers from deceptive financial practices, rather than create a stand-alone consumer protection bureau.
Responsibility for protecting public health and welfare falls to the county.
The United States assumed responsibility for protecting Taiwan against invasion from mainland China.
On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told CNN, "I take responsibility" for protecting diplomats.
Companies should appoint an officer with day-to-day responsibility for protecting computer systems from attack.
We'd never tell David Cameron "to take personal responsibility for protecting drivers from high oil prices".
One of them, as a reader highlighted last week, is responsibility for protecting and improving the environment.
To some extent, all modern governments assume responsibility for protecting the political and social rights of their citizens.
