The applicability of the doctrine of responsibility to protect and legality of NATO Intervention in Libya

dc.contributor.advisorTladi, Direen
dc.contributor.emailodoemenaemmanuel@gmail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateOdoemena, Chukwuagozieen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T09:45:17Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T09:45:17Z
dc.date.created2016-04-14en
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015.en
dc.description.abstractThe international community gathered in 2005 and adopted the doctrine of responsibility to protect? in paragraphs 138 and 139 of the World Summit Outcome Document.1 A few years after this Resolution, the UN Security Council with the support of the international community, applied the concept of responsibility to protect in the 2011 Libyan intervention. The Resolution 1973 was adopted as a result of Gaddafi?s manifest intention to exterminate the Libyan population. The Resolution authorised the member nations and regional organizations to use all measures necessary to protect all civilians in Libya.2 Thereafter, the coalition of states went to Libya, under the pretext of responsibility to protect and protection of civilians, and as a result the Libyan leader was killed. The killing of Gaddafi generated wide controversy as a result of the manner in which the intervening forces implemented Resolution 1973. It is against this background that this research work investigates the applicability of responsibility to protect and the legality of the NATO intervention in Libya. In so doing, the research study examines the historical development and content of responsibility to protect, which was introduced in 2001 and adopted by the world leaders in 2005. The study aims to investigate whether or not the intervention in Libya was in line with responsibility to protect, and, in so doing, the study analyses Resolution 1973 to ascertain whether or not the interveners went beyond their mandate. The responsibility to protect is central to the discussion of the research work because Resolution 1973 in its preamble reminded the Libyan government of their responsibility to protect civilian population.en
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dc.description.degreeLLMen
dc.description.departmentMercantile Lawen
dc.identifier.citationOdoemena, C 2016, The applicability of the doctrine of responsibility to protect and legality of NATO Intervention in Libya, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53176>en
dc.identifier.otherA2016en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/53176
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen
dc.subjectResponsibility to protecten
dc.subject.otherLaw theses SDG-16en
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsen
dc.titleThe applicability of the doctrine of responsibility to protect and legality of NATO Intervention in Libyaen
dc.typeMini Dissertationen

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