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The responsibility to protect (R2P or RtoP) is a global political commitment which was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit in order to address its four key concerns to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1970 on 26 February 2011, making explicit reference to the Responsibility to protect. Under resolution 1973, Libya was the first case where the Security Council authorized a military intervention citing the R2P. [8]
Resolution 1973 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 17 March 2011 in response to the First Libyan Civil War.The resolution formed the legal basis for military intervention in the Libyan Civil War, demanding "an immediate ceasefire" and authorizing the international community to establish a no-fly zone and to use all means necessary short of foreign occupation to protect ...
The military intervention in Libya has been cited by the Council on Foreign Relations as an example of the responsibility to protect policy adopted by the UN at the 2005 World Summit. [230] According to Gareth Evans, "[t]he international military intervention (SMH) in Libya is not about bombing for democracy or Muammar Gaddafi's head. Legally ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2016 was unanimously adopted on 27 October 2011 on the situation of Libya during the Libyan Civil War.. Recognizing the "positive developments" in Libya after the Libyan Civil War and the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the resolution set a date of termination for the provisions of Security Council Resolution 1973.
The U.N. mission in Libya will resume facilitating talks between factions in Tripoli on Wednesday to try to resolve the central bank crisis that has slashed oil output and threatened to end four ...
On 24 March 2011, NATO took command of enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya and was considering taking control of the rest of the mission. [30] On 24 March 2011, the coalition agreed to have NATO command the no-fly zone, [ 31 ] and the U.S. Department of Defense stated that the U.S. would relinquish command of Operation Odyssey Dawn as early as ...
(Reuters) - Libya's central bank governor Sadiq al-Kabir said he and other senior bank staff had been forced to leave the country to "protect our lives" from potential attacks by armed militia ...