Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract Abstract: on Saturday 28^th of Isfand 1389, multilateral military operation started in response to internal war and based on UNSC resolution 1973, with partnership of NATO. This operation was in the framework of no fly zone region, and support for non-military people and regions in Libya and at the end led to collapse of Gadhafi regime. Operation of odyssey dawn and global response to events in Libya turned a new season in humanitarian intervention. This article after a historical review of humanitarian intervention and principal of responsibility for support, analyses events of military operation in Libya under the principal of responsibility for support. This operation was the first humanitarian intervention of global community under the principal of responsibility for support.

Abstract This paper focuses on developments of the concept of humanitarian intervention through the prism of theories of International Relations. Humanitarian intervention as a rule is a difficult experiment for the international community which is mainly based on principals of sovereignty, non–intervention and not to use of force.  With the globalization of human rights and paying special attention to prohibition of genocide, torture and breach of basic human rights, this humanitarian principal is in conflict with the principals of sovereignty and non– intervention. In the mean time, this concept has experienced a deep change prior to and after the Cold War era. Here, first the concept of intervention is addressed with using the theories of Realism and Liberalism. Then, while using the theory of Constructivism, the concept of humanitarian intervention, as a normative, value-based and international rule is discussed and finally the development of the concept of humanitarian intervention is illustrated, as a whole, in International Relations.