August 8th, 2012 by Kirsty Sutherland
The Public International Law & Policy Group (?PILPG?) has released a legal memorandum setting forth the legal basis for humanitarian intervention in Syria. ?The memorandum argues that under the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (?R2P?), there is a sufficient legal basis to use military force against the Syrian regime for the limited purpose of stopping the ongoing and dramatically escalating atrocity crimes.
The Syria crisis continues, and the violence is escalating. Tens of thousands of refugees have fled to neighbouring countries.? Diplomatic measures and sanctions have proven ineffective, and,?with Russia and China having vetoed three Security Council resolutions aimed at stopping the violence,?the Security Council is paralyzed.
The memorandum analyses the Syria crisis through the lens of R2P. ?PILPG argues that because there are ongoing atrocity crimes in Syria, peaceful measures have been exhausted, and the Security Council is deadlocked, there is a sufficient legal basis for the international community to use force for the limited purpose of stopping atrocity crimes and protecting civilians.? Military intervention in Syria would be legal, even without prior Security Council approval, as long as it satisfied R2P?s procedural and operational safeguards.
Source: http://www.internationallawbureau.com/blog/?p=5661
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