Within the NATO alliance, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned of a “dim future” for NATO if they do not step up and do their share of the fighting. Strong words from a powerful figure, but in Libya NATO is proving its capability in protecting civilians quite well, whereas the organisation that should be taking a...
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The news world is buzzing with the death of Anton Hammerl, a South African photojournalist who was shot in the stomach in Libya by loyalist troops and then left to die. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation then not only failed to inform his wife of his death or very-apparent danger, but assured her for six weeks...
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France has recently made headlines for its involvement in Ivory Coast. Involvement some have accepted as correct because of its apparent motivation. France, together with the United Nations (UN), argued that intervention in Ivory Coast was based on the UN and international community’s mandate to maintain international peace and...
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From the day Col. Muammar Gadaffi opened fire on his protesters, the Libyan crisis has been an uncanny, almost-perfect example of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) framework in action. Originating from major conflict areas of the 90s, R2P involves the role of the international community when a state’s responsibility to protect...
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The African Court on Human and People’s Rights published its first binding ruling yesterday (30 March 2011). In February, the Commission received complaints from the Egyptian Initiative on Personal Rights (EIPR), Human Rights Watch, and Interights, alleging multiple human rights violations by Libya following the unrest and...
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