Ghaddafi – The Laws of Rule

Libya – In Search of Strategy

Posted on 18/03/201129/04/2011 by markbtaylor

The authorization by Security Council of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya marks the beginning of the end of the Ghaddafi regime. But is it also the beginning of the end for democratic movement sweeping the Arab world? A popular uprising in Libya morphed into an armed rebellion. In so doing, it has…

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Applying the Laws of War – Libya

Posted on 10/03/201110/03/2011 by markbtaylor

“We have now a non-international armed conflict, or what you would call civil war,” Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, told a news conference today. The declaration follows last week’s UN Security Council resolution, which called on Libya to adhere to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) – the legal term for laws of war – a…