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Libya and Syria: R2P and the spectre of the swinging pendulum.

This article examines recent UN Security Council deliberations over events in Libya and Syria and in particular assesses the extent to which Council members sought to justify their positions and voting behaviour by reference to the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P). It shows how limited invocations...

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Published in:International Affairs Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 1265 - 1284
Main Author: MORRIS, JUSTIN
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Sep2013
Subjects:
United Nations. Security Council > Proceedings
International relations research
International cooperation
United Nations Security Council resolutions
Humanitarian intervention
Intervention (International law) > History
Libyan Conflict, 2011-
Syrian Civil War, 2011-
Twenty-first century
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