... indirectly." (MLK)
The international community strongly denounced the violence in Syria but so far it hasn’t been able to provide an effective framework to prevent and stop these atrocities. The responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine - adopted in 2005 to embody the promises made... ... disagreements over R2P’s practical implementation led to a political stalemate at the UN Security Council. And it is not surprising as the doctrine in its current form was never... ... successful military intervention in Syria are much less promising than they were in Libya. According to the estimates of the International Institute for Strategic Studies...
... alliance then morphed the original mission of saving civilians into one of a bringing about a regime change. The operation in Libya thus exceeded its mandate and the norm of the responsibility to protect was damaged in the eyes of some nations, including China and Russia. This is partly responsible for the failure on the part of the Security Council to take any decisive actions on Syria – Russia now suspects Western nations of pushing their own geopolitical agendas in Syria. Such excess of UN mandate ...
... that its national authorities have manifestly failed to protect their populations, Syria, with its massive crimes against humanity should be a perfect candidate for military intervention according to the norm of the responsibility to protect. It seems that a just cause is present, yet the international... ... human life, militaries might still cause some civilian casualties. For example, in Libya 72 civilians were killed as a result of NATO air strikes.[5] Thus, military interventions... ... and attacks on peacekeepers the UN Member States withdrew their forces.
Once a UN Security Council resolution establishing a military mandate is adopted, it usually takes...
... (Proportional means and reasonable prospect)
the military intervention is authorized by the UN Security Council (Right authority)
Criterion 1: Last resort
The end goal of any... ... much time stagnating on approaches that are unlikely to succeed.
For example in Syria, for almost two years now the international community has tried unsuccessfully... ... civilian casualty count in Syria continues to rise with each passing day.
While in Libya, military intervention occurred just two weeks after having instated non-military...
... levels of human suffering experienced in Somalia, Rwanda and now Syria are just some of examples of the UN’s failure to comply ... ... Why is it that we chose the course of intervention in the case Libya, but weren’t effectively able to do so in cases like ... ... massive military intervention was needed to halt atrocities, but the Security Council and Member States were incapable of responding ... ... measures to protect civilians.
Thus, enshrined in the concept of responsibility to protect case by case basis of making decision ...
