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43 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com. 381 (2015-2016)
The Downfall of the Responsibility to Protect: How the Libyan and Syrian Crises Secured the Fate of the Once-Emerging Norm

handle is hein.journals/sjilc43 and id is 389 raw text is: THE DOWNFALL OF THE RESPONSIBLITY TO PROTECT: HOW THE LIBYAN AND SYRIAN CRISES SECURED THE FATE OF THE ONCE-EMERGING NORM Lyndsey Kelly CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................... 382 II. THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT .................................... 386 A. Purpose ofResponsibility to Protect ....... .......387 B. What is a Duty to Protect? ............ ........ 388 C. The Responsibility to Protect is Soft Law ..... .....389 III. CRITICISMS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT 391 A. Misapplication ofR2P Violates Sovereignty................391 B. R2P is an Ill-Defined Concept............. ............. 393 C. R2P Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms........................... 394 IV. A CASE STUDY APPROACH ......................... 395 A. The Libyan Conflict .................. ....... 396 1. Overview of the Conflict......... ..... ...... 396 2. Security Council Resolution ........... ..... 397 B. The Syrian Conflict ......................... 398 1. Overview of the Conflict.............. ... ............ 399 2. Security Council Resolution ......... ........ 400 V. CAN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT BE EFFECT1VLEY IMPLEMENTED? ...............403 A. Are There Practical Solutions to R2P? ..... ...... 404 B. What Should Be Done With The International Norm? . 406 VI. CONCLUSION ................................... 408 We must forge an unshakable oath with all civilized people that never