humanitarian and forcible intervention

Question 1

when was the R2P norm formalised?

Answer 1

2005

Question 2

what does the R2P state?

Answer 2

states have the responsibility to protect their population from mass atrocities such as ethnic cleansing or genocide

where a state fails there is an obligation to intervene

Question 3

when was the libya conflict and who was in power?

Answer 3

2011

colonel gaddafi

Question 4

why were people for the intervention in libya and why were some against?

Answer 4

for: saved lives by preventing mass atrocity crimes such as massacre

against: critics argue it was a legalised intervention as a cover for imperialism

Question 5

so did the intervention in libya in 2011 do more harm than good?

Answer 5

without intervention benghazi would’ve been catastrophe but intervention left a failed state

Question 6

what was the state of libya in 2017?

Answer 6

2 rival parliaments
3 governments
1,700 armed group sand over 400,000 internally displaced

Question 7

what has some of the global impacts of the intervention in libya been?

Answer 7

large flow of refugees across the mediterranean into italy and other european countries

tunisia and southern sudan have become destabilised

weapons of gaddafis arsenal have made their way to syria and into the hands of the boko haram in nigeria