Content Type: Policy Brief / Publishing Institution: The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect / Political Geography: Libya / Topic: Human Rights

Author:: George A. Lopez
Publication Date:: 10-2013
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Abstract:: The cases where sanctions have been applied to protect populations experiencing on-going or impending mass atrocities are few and have produced mixed results. The UN Security Council imposed various targeted sanctions in 2005 in the case of Darfur, and in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya in 2011.
Topic:: Political Violence, Human Rights, Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, War, and Sanctions
Political Geography:: Libya and United Nations

Publication Date:: 10-2011
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Abstract:: Strong support for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing was clearly evident at the opening of the 66th United Nations (UN) General Assembly between 21 and 27 September 2011. From the Secretary-General's reference to R2P as a priority for his second term, to the re-affirmation of government support for the norm in opening statements and the holding of a Ministerial meeting on R2P, clear consensus exists about the critical importance of R2P. At a moment when some were anticipating a backlash in the aftermath of the Security Council authorized civilian protection operation in Libya, the opening of the General Assembly reaffirmed that the imperative today is for states to work together to operationalize R2P.
Topic:: Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, Government, Human Rights, Torture, United Nations, and War
Political Geography:: Libya

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