PHIL 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Muammar Gaddafi, Operation Impact, Justin Trudeau
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Security invokes (cid:498)the responsibility of the libyan authorities to protect the. Authorizes (cid:498)all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas(cid:499: (cid:498)all necessary measures(cid:499) short of foreign occupation: resolution affirms commitment to libya"s (cid:498)sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and national unity(cid:499) Specifically, mandates the imposition of a (cid:498)no-fly zone(cid:499) to prevent aerial bombardment. Intervention begins two days later, but it quickly transpires that the no fly- zone does not have the hoped for effect (tanks were used) The coalition then argues that the authorization should be understood as including, if necessary, the actual removal of gaddafi from power: regime change, very controversial. Oct 31: intervention is called off, after an interim government. Bellamy, (cid:498)libya and the responsibility to protect(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:883)(cid:524) Optimistic that the resolution on libya turned the corner in international affairs: the question from now on is not whether to respond to mass atrocities, but how to respond. The responsibility to protect (look at lecture)