The situation in libya constituted a threat to nonmaterial, moral values, specifically human rights, and invoked the responsibility to protect norm. The use of force to protect civilians and humanitarian action. Libya 2011 following widespread and systematic attacks against the civilian population by the regime in the libyan arab jamahiriya short. First and foremost, r2p reflects the negative duty for states to refrain from committing atrocities against its own people, a responsibility the regime of col. The humanitarian intervention in libya in 2011 and, by contrast, the prolonged. This was the first time that the council has ever authorized the invasion of a functioning state for such purposes. The security councils press statement on libya yesterday included a phrase that ought to pique some interest. The doctrine of responsibility to protect r2p holds that when a sovereign state. The president stated that when our interests and values are at no.
The responsibility to protect in libya borjana luburawinchester and reece jones department of geography, university of hawaii at manoa. Aus responsibility to protect in the libyan crisis 2011. This was all done at a modest financial cost, with no u. Bellamy t he responsibility to protect rtop played an important role in shaping the worlds response to. On march 28, president obama delivered a speech for the purpose of explaining his decision to use military force in libya. Critics of the responsibility to protect r2p and interventionism in general have long accused international humanitarian action of being a form of. Responsibility to protect and its applicability in libya. It examines the r2p legal framework in coordination. In 2001, the international commission on intervention and state. This article explores the responsibility to protect rtop in the postlibya era to determine whether it is now an accepted norm of international law.
Responsibility to protect and its applicability in libya and syria erfaun norooz abstract. The libyan crisis of 2011 has again raised the crucial problem of the choice of. The genesis of the doctrinetheory of the responsibility to protect r2prtop was supposed to resolve some of the problems associated with humanitarian intervention as an. May 2011 impact of action in libya on the responsibility. Citing the need to uphold the responsibility to protect populations from mass atrocities, many civil society groups called on the libyan government to halt the violence and, in the face of its clear reluctance to do so. Responsibility to protect and transatlantic burdensharing in the case of the military intervention in libya 2011. The emerging principle of the responsibility to protect r2p challenges chinas traditional emphasis on nonintervention in the domestic affairs of other states and nonuse of force. Libya and the future of the responsibility to protect.
The responsibility to protect has been the subject of a continuous debate in the united. The intervention in libya is the best example to date to judge the implementation of the responsibility to protect. International journal of peace studies, volume 16, number 2, winter 2011 responsibility to protect after libya jake lynch abstract academic writing about the responsibility to protect. Libya and the responsibility to protect between opportunistic humanitarianism and valuefree pragmatism the application of the responsibility to protect r2p norm to libya in 2011 was. The african unions response to the libyan crisis of 2011.
Wilson kajwengye twinomugisha a research report submitted to the faculty of management, university of the witwatersrand, in. This article considers the question of african union intervention within the framework of the concept of responsibility to protect. The responsibility to protect in the libyan intervention. The applicability of the responsibility to protect or r2p principle to the current situation in libya is undeniable. The responsibility to protect after libya and syria the. In 2011, public demonstrations started in libya seeking political and. Many observers heralded the security councilsanctioned intervention in libya in march 2011 as evidence of the efficacy of the responsibility to protect r2p. The responsibility to protect rtop played an important role in shaping the worlds response to actual and threatened atrocities in libya. Impact of action in libya on the responsibility to protect 1.
Impact of action in libya on the responsibility to protect may 2011. Responsibility to protect through articles, calls for action and opeds. Responsibility to protect gained ground after ghastly mass killings in the late 20th. First and foremost, r2p reflects the negative duty for states to refrain from. From this it may be possible to have a better understanding of how and when the responsibility to protect triggers the responsibility to react. The responsibility to protect rtop or r2p is an international human rights norm adopted at. On 17 march 2011, the united nations security council unsc passed resolution 1973 authorising the use of force for civilian protection purposes in libya. Prior to the resolution being passed, however, libya and the responsibility to protect r2p did feature prominently in many of the panel discussions.
Libya and the future of the responsibility to protect 3 by the popularization of the concepts of human security and civilian protection, even though each organization has adopted a. Libya, the responsibility to protect and the future of. The evolved human rights law has called for a shift international law with regard to humanitarian. Humanitarian intervention, the responsibility to protect. The main topic of my thesis is responsibility to protect from libya to syria. It examines the r2p legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly explain that r2p was correctly invoked by the united nations security council in order to uphold international law. Pdf the responsibility to protect r2p after libya researchgate. World summit in 2005, more than 150 heads of state and government unanimously adopted a declaration on the responsibility to protect authorizing international.
Caitlyn duke, the university of queensland, australia. The new politics of protection cte divoire, libya and the. Humanitarian intervention, the responsibility to protect, and confused legitimacy. Pdf responsibility to protect and transatlantic burden. Libya and the responsibility to protect united states. The concerns over the use of force based on resolution 1973 in libya. Rhetoric, reality and the future of humanitarian intervention palgrave macmillan, 2012 international law, security and ethics coeditor, routledge, 2011.
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