ScholarWorks@숙명여자대학교

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Responsibility to Protect is a concept and principle derived from reflecting that the international community should no longer remain indifferent to mass human rights violations. In the 2011 Libyan civil war, it became the ideological foundation that enabled the United Nations Security Council to mandate military intervention to member states without the consent of a sovereign country’s government for the first time in its history. However, contrary to the positive evaluation of the early days, the NATO military intervention in Libya has raised many questions regarding its legality and substantive justification over time. This article attempted to examine whether Responsibility to Protect principle was adequately applied and implemented in Libya in 2011. Furthermore, it ultimately tried to evaluate whether that principle could be a solution in the face of various conflicts resulting massive human rights violations. For this purpose, this paper used the six criteria for judging the justification of military action suggested in the “Just War Theory.” As a result, this article concluded that NATO's military intervention in Libya was driven by an external motive of regime change rather than the protection of civilians. In addition, it determined that the military action at the time was prematurely carried out without making sufficient efforts for non-military solutions, while the evidence showing genocide was imminent was not proven.

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