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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

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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


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