The Repercussions of the Humanitarian Intervention in the Libyan Crisis in 2011 in terms of the Responsibility to Protect

Abstract

This article aims to assess the role of Responsibility to protect based on its repercussions after its implementation in the Libyan crisis in 2011. This can be tackled by examining its legal aspect and enforcement mechanism from an offensive realism perspective. Moreover, it shows the main clarifications of the different implementation of international humanitarian law, humanitarian intervention, and responsibility to protect. The article focuses on the case of Libya as it is considered the first case for the implementation of R2P. Thus, the examination of the Libyan case can be considered for testing the results of R2P and on what bases it was implemented for instance its implementation was as a political tool to achieve the required interests and ends of the states or for the protection of human rights.