To add to what is apparently becoming a running series here on UN Dispatch, two new interesting takes on the role the Responsibility to Protect and Libya.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, some 100,000 people have fled from Libya to Tunisia in recent days. From UNHCR, some incredible footage of the chaos at the Libya-Tunisia border.
Later this afternoon, the General Assembly will hold a vote on whether or not to boot Libya from the UN Human Rights Council. Doing so will require a two thirds majority vote of the entire membership of the UN--that's 127 countries. UPDATE: Resolution passes
An examination of the proposed plan of action for the Human Rights Council meeting on Libya tomorrow, and why, ultimately the focus of international efforts has to be the Security Council.
In a conversation with Elana Berger of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, we talk about how R2P might be effectively applied to the situation in Libya.
I have just obtained the copy of a draft resolution from the Human Rights Council that strongly condemns the violence in Libya. What is more significant than the substance of the resolution is the broad degree of support it has received.
