Negotiating the Westphalian Order through Humanitarian Interventions. The case of Libya and the Sovereign Theory of Human Rights

• In Event: Mediation and Peacemaking in international Conflict

Brief Overview

The humanitarian intervention in Libya, as the application of the doctrine of Responsability to Protect (R2P), shows not the demise of the Westphalian Order, but rather its reaffirmation through a normative process that redefines the state.

Author

• Oana Cosmina Mihalache, Columbia University