The U.N. Sanctions Intervening to Protect Civilians, So Why Not in Syria?
Massacres Go On
Fresh news of more civilian deaths in Syria raises the question, why doesn’t the U.N. authorize outside intervention under its Responsibility to Protect Doctrine, as it did in Libya? Lindsey Hilsum explains.
It wasn’t meant to be like this. In 2005, the United Nations approved a new doctrine called Responsibility to Protect (R2P), which placed an obligation on states to intervene when civilians faced slaughter.
