Yasmine Nahlawi - The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria (Routledge Research in International Law)

This book offers a novel and contemporary examination of the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine from an international legal perspective and analyses how the doctrine was applied within the Libyan and Syrian conflicts as two recent and highly significant R2P cases.

The book dissects each of R2Ps three component pillars to examine their international legal underpinnings, drawing upon diverse legal frameworks including the laws of the UN, laws of international organisations, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international environmental law, and laws of State responsibility to extract conclusions regarding existing and emerging host and third-State obligations to prevent and react to mass atrocity crimes. It uses this legal grounding to critically examine specific aspects of the Libyan and Syrian R2P cases, engaging with some of the more traditional debates surrounding R2Ps application, most notably those that pertain to the use of force (or lack thereof), but also exploring some of the less-researched non-military methods that were or could have been employed by States and international organisations to uphold the doctrine. Such an analysis captures the diversity in the means and actors through which R2P can be implemented and allows for the extraction of more nuanced conclusions regarding the doctrines strengths and limitations, gaps in enforceability, levels of State support, and future trajectory.

The book will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of international law and human rights law.

Dr Yasmine Nahlawi is Research & Policy Coordinator at Rethink Rebuild Society through which she serves as an analyst and expert commentator on the Syrian R2P situation. She has presented in both UK and EU Parliaments and appears regularly on television and radio forums, including Channel 4 and various BBC programmes, to comment upon developments within the conflict. She holds a PhD in Public International Law and an LLM in International Legal Studies from Newcastle University, as well as a BSc in Political Science from Eastern Michigan University.

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The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria

Mass Atrocities, Human Protection, and International Law

Yasmine Nahlawi

The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria

Mass Atrocities, Human Protection, and International Law

Yasmine Nahlawi

First published 2020

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Names: Nahlawi, Yasmine, author.

Title: The responsibility to protect in Libya and Syria : mass atrocities, human protection and International law / Yasmine Nahlawi.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. |

Series: Routledge research in international law | Based on authors thesis (doctoral - Newcastle University, 2016) issued under title: The Responsibility to Protect : An Examination of Host and Third-State Obligations in Preventing and Reacting to Mass Atrocity Crimes in Light of the Libyan and Syrian Conflicts. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019036246 (print) | LCCN 2019036247 (ebook) | ISBN 9781138618657 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429461101 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Responsibility to protect (International law) | Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Law and legislation. | Libya--History--Civil War, 2011---Law and legislation.

Classification: LCC KZ4082 .N34 2020 (print) | LCC KZ4082 (ebook) | DDC 341.4/8--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036246

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036247

ISBN: 978-1-138-61865-7 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-429-46110-1 (ebk)

This book is dedicated to the Syrian people and their valiant struggle for freedom and democracy.