HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA 2011

Abstract

Human rights and the international commitment to their protection represent one of the greatest achievements, and the most significant step toward it is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. Respect for human rights requires international peace and security, and their violation is a main indicator of threat to human security. Responsibility to Protect is the most effective expression of the need to define a concept that will involve the international community in the process of effectively protecting the population and their basic human rights. Responsibility to Protect involves three types of responsibility: responsibility to prevent, responsibility to react and responsibility to rebuild. The use of force is set as the final step, and the primary task is to prevent violence by addressing the roots and causes of a potential crisis. During the implementation of responsibility to protect in Libya 2011, the problems this concept is faced were identified – the abuse of human rights by intensifying the suffering of civilians and increasing the number of casualties. Further development of this concept should be directed towards more effective prevention mechanisms, as well as, when it comes to, responsibility to rebuid, which often lacks and presents the potential for the development of a new crisis. Within the responsibility to react, mechanisms should be put in place to monitor the implementation of the intervention, as well as to specify the criteria and guidelines for its implementation.