Between David and Goliath: Where did we Lose R2P between Libya and Syria?
Between David and Goliath: Where did we Lose R2P between Libya and Syria?

Summary/Abstract: Only few years ago, the idea of “responsibility to protect” was accepted with the admiration. After the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to apply it directly in the case of Libya and few more cases have gone in that direction (Cote d'Ivoire, Yemen, South Sudan etc.) even the greatest skeptics became doubtful on their perception and started seeing the international community with new eyes - as an actor for global security that is determinate to stop mass atrocities, no matter who ever stands still on the side of the oppressive regimes. Although there have been grievances and disagreements about the way the whole process in Libya was conducted, and despite the fact that the embargo was obviously broken, legitimacy was given through the idea of humanity, and that was a justification for overcoming procedural challenges. The Responsibility to protect (R2P) was considered to become an emerging norm of the international law and order that would deter the states of irresponsible and tyrannical sovereignty.

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