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Libya and Lessons from Iraq: International Law and the Use of Force by the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Nigel D. White
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Abstract

Those countries, including the United Kingdom, using force in Libya in 2011 have taken much greater care to ensure that their actions are underpinned by legality. This suggests a return to respect for the jus ad bellum, but as the operation against Libya unfolded it became clearer that some of the problems that undermined the legality and legitimacy of the invasion of Iraq 8 years earlier had not been avoided, which raises the question of how such operations can be kept within the strict bounds of the law.

Keywords

LibyaUse of forceUnited KingdomResponsibility to protectSecurity Council resolutionsWar powers
Type
Part II Agora: The Case of Iraq: International Law and Politics
Information
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law , Volume 42 , December 2011 , pp. 215 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Authors 2012

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