Libya and Criteria for Humanitarian Intervention

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk a Kateřina FRIDRICHOVÁ. Libya and Criteria for Humanitarian Intervention. Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, roč. 2015, č. 3, s. 183-199. ISSN 1211-3247. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2015-3-183.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Libya and Criteria for Humanitarian Intervention
• Název česky: Libye a kritéria pro humanitární intervenci
• Autoři: KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a Kateřina FRIDRICHOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí).
• Vydání: Politologický časopis, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 1211-3247.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 50601 Political science
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14230/15:00085941
• Organizační jednotka: Fakulta sociálních studií
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2015-3-183
• UT WoS: 000445539700001
• Klíčová slova česky: humanitární intervence; Libye; spravedlivá válka; RtoP; NATO
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Humanitarian intervention; Libya; just war theory; RtoP; NATO
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

When seeking guidelines for worst-case scenario, military intervention under the Responsibity to Protect looks to the just war tradition. We tried to pinpoint the most important criteria, drawing on the Responsibility to Protect report, subsequent RtoP development and relevant authors to create a background to which compare the NATO’s operation in Libya. These criteria were not met during the intervention, as is shown in this article. The criterion of just cause could be seen as fulfilled, albeit this admission is done very grudgingly – the loss of life was not that large comparing to other tragedies that did not trigger intervention. The Libyan intervention is most questionable when it comes to right intentions and proportional means that suggest that the goal of interveners was to topple the regime not protect the civilians. These results bring the discussion of the weakness of the RtoP approach when it comes to defining, which populations should be helped under this doctrine and whether the nature of victims should be taken into consideration.

Anotace česky

When seeking guidelines for worst-case scenario, military intervention under the Responsibity to Protect looks to the just war tradition. We tried to pinpoint the most important criteria, drawing on the Responsibility to Protect report, subsequent RtoP development and relevant authors to create a background to which compare the NATO’s operation in Libya. These criteria were not met during the intervention, as is shown in this article. The criterion of just cause could be seen as fulfilled, albeit this admission is done very grudgingly – the loss of life was not that large comparing to other tragedies that did not trigger intervention. The Libyan intervention is most questionable when it comes to right intentions and proportional means that suggest that the goal of interveners was to topple the regime not protect the civilians. These results bring the discussion of the weakness of the RtoP approach when it comes to defining, which populations should be helped under this doctrine and whether the nature of victims should be taken into consideration.