International intervention in response to the responsibility to protect in Rwanda and Libya

Abstract

This study aims to understand and provide an analysis of the intervention and non-intervention by international community’s in response to their responsibility to protect in Rwanda and Libya. The analysis of the study addresses and then scrutinises the inconsistencies and implementation of international interventions during the Rwandan genocide and the Libyan civil war. Addressing the dual challenge of protecting the population against mass atrocities and respecting sovereignty, the study provides an analysis into the legal roles and responsibilities of certain international community’s in protecting, and restoring international peace and security, and sheds light on their decision-making processes in both refraining from intervening in the Rwanda genocide and then intervening in the Libyan civil war. The study contributes valuable insights to the existing literature on the responsibility to protect, outlining the findings in response to Rwanda and Libya.