The use of force to protect civilians and humanitarian action: the case of Libya and beyond

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The article focuses on the crucial problem of the choice of means in protecting civilians and on the possible impact on humanitarian action of the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), which was at the basis of the intervention in Libya.

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