A Brief Note On The United Nations Charter

After the removal of King Idris by Libyan military forces led by General Gaddafi, the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) constituted the Libyan African Republic, which saw the end to monarchy rule in Libya (Vandewalle, 2012). With public education being free and compulsory for both male and female children in Libya, the RCC also provided free medical care for the people of Libya. Though free housing was not achieved during Colonel Gaddafi’s rule, Libya’s per capita income grew past $11,000, which was achieved by controversial international policies that increased oppression in Libya (Asiedu, 2002).

As a response to the crisis in Darfur in 30th July 2004, the United Nations and the Security Council assigned

Hello, everyone. I am William Andel, representing the United States of America on a important matter. Many people feel the need for a change. This is not just a simple change,either; it is an international change. Everywhere in the world, people are ravaged by war and suffering. Everyone would like to snuff that out, I’m sure, but the UN is at the forefront of this change. Why have we ignored the countries that have reached out to help?

The current U.S. President, Barack Obama, has continued this humanitarian and moral trend with the use of U.S. military force in Libya and Syria. However, both events are very much different in seeking the approval or consultation by Congress given their political context. In 2011, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, had come under the international spotlight as a major threat to the citizens of Libya. Given Libya’s location centered amongst several Arab states, there was much at stake for U.S. interest. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations also backed the U.S. and other NATO allies’ military

The Declarations of 1776, 1789, and 1948 provide key outlines and the base for human rights by showing what is no longer acceptable. The Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted by the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1776. It gave inherent rights to men, which included the right to change or abolish weak or unfair government. The stimulus for the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789 drew from the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The idea behind this declaration was that all free individuals were protected equally by law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 created by the United Nations, was the first document that outlined human rights on much more global scale.

Army to Libya and the operation lasted more than 60 days. The main point is that in order to claim that the War Power Resolution is applicable to an operation, the Army should be introduced into hostilities. President Obama did not want to interfere with the enemy directly to sidestep the War Power Resolution in order to prevent any type of reaction by the Congress that might have prevented the “military assessment” for Libya. This was another sign of ineffectiveness of the War Power Resolution and another evidence that showed it interfered with military strategy. If we look at what happened in Libya, Muammar Gadhafi, the leader of the country, decided to kill all the citizens “house by house, room by room . . . [with] no mercy and no

The international community had a responsibility to stop the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo by taking military action, not only because we should have learned from the holocaust but also over the years 40,000 women and children were

The war in Darfur materialized at the wrong time for the United States, Norway, and Britain, two of which are permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. At the time, they were focused on ensuring the success of the Naivasha negotiations in Sudan. The Naivasha agreement, also known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was an permanent ceasefire agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/ Sudan People’s Liberation Army to end the Second Sudanese Civil War. This was long time coming because the conflict had started all the way back in 1983. The Security Council used the ‘Brahimi principal,’ which states “regional organizations take primary responsibility for the problems in their backyard” to push responsibility on to the A.U. The Brahimi principle The Security Council was glad to give someone else the responsibility of Darfur so they could focus on others tasks at hand.

Gaddafi challenged foreign oil executives by telling them "people who have lived without oil for 5,000 years can live without it again for a few years in order to attain their legitimate rights"(Asser). This threat worked and Libya became the first developing country to obtain majority shares from its own oil production (Asser). Gaddafi created his own political philosophy, that was in theory supposed to be a true democracy and the details of which were written in his Green book (Asser). Supposedly this philosophy would fill the the shortcomings of Capitalism and Communism and give complete power to the people of Libya (Asser). In reality people were forced into committees in which they held no real power and they lived in fear of being tortured, killed, or disappearing all together if they spoke out against the regime (Asser). “Legal penalties included collective punishment, death for anyone who spread theories aiming to change the constitution and life imprisonment for disseminating information that tarnished the country's reputation.(Asser)” Gaddafi was able to to preach by the normal restraints of governance, Gaddafi was able to take his anti-imperialist campaign around the world, funding and supporting militant groups

Libya has long been considered a state threatening the interests of the WMD non-proliferation regimes. Though Libya is a non-nuclear-weapon state party to the NPT, "[its] commitment to the accord is suspect because of [its] demonstrated interest in acquiring nuclear arms" (Jones 1995:15). This resolution became more suspicious when Libya joined Bhutan and India in casting a negative vote in the overall 158 to 3 vote in favor of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Jones 1995:16).

Conclusion For over forty years, Muammar Gaddafi oppressed the people of Libya as dictator, until he was deposed in a popular uprising during the Arab Spring in 2011. During peaceful political demonstrations, Gaddafi’s government allegedly repressed the protests through the systematic use of lethal force against civilians. In response to these acts, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution condemning the violence and referring the Gaddafi government’s alleged crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court. Based on this authority and the existing evidence, the prosecutor of the ICC applied for a warrant which the court subsequently granted.

Once I went online I had to find out their laws on my own. I found out that since 1973, Libya law has been based on sharia law, though it wasn't always this way. Sharia law is derived from both the Qu'ran and the example of the Prophet Mohammed. Currently, there is no constitution governing Libya law, despite the Constitutional Proclamation issued in 1969.

Libya has the highest human development rate , which is based on quality of life, education, and life expectancy. This number is a direct correlation to the government. Everyone has the right to take part in government , and elected their own leaders. In Libya, the government is violating basic rights and suppressing their people so they can not be included. The government is worried that if they incorporate a system where citizens could make decisions they will later overpower leaders. The citizens are starting to get fed up with the fact that the government is slowly turning into a dictatorship. The Libyan government is violating the people's right to a democracy which can be solved by reforming the existing government structure.

First and foremost, liberally speaking, the UN intervention into Libya was arguably considered as an official way to protect innocent citizens. Gaddafi used the army to suppress the revolt and announced on television that he would “clean Libya house by house” . According to the declaration of the U.N, it is the humanitarian intervention, which intended to bring about regime change and promote democracy in a target and protect civilians in Libya. On May 16, 2011, the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants against Gaddafi and his son for alleged crimes

The conflict in Libya has become a topic of debate in America today due to Muammar Gaddafi’s impetuous outlook on his people and the destruction of the Libyan civilization. Accompanied by his malicious regime he showers terror in the hearts of the Libyan race. The U.S. continuously wants to play the role of world police. It’s not okay to always jump in every time there’s a conflict involving other countries turmoil and violent affairs. The U.S. has its own conflicts in our own countries economy and structure. Even though I don’t agree with what’s currently going on in Libya. I do believe there are sufficient times when the United States should get involved. When there massacre of innocent women and children. The unwillingness of the