he Legal Bases for Intervention in Syria within the Framework of New Doctorins: the Responsibility to Protect

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Abstract

  The efforts that have been done by International Powers to make strategic changes in Middle East did not stop by failure of Greater Middle East Initiative, this strategic approach continued within new forms like putting curb on Arabic Revolutions or management of them, naked regime change by military intervention and etc. this new interventionist approach  utilizes claims like human rights, protection of civilians against their so-called illegal regimes, making fabricated and makeshift oppositions, and providing support to pro separation forces from mainland. The idea of humanitarian intervention and “responsibility to protect” are amongst doctrines that exploited by west to intervene in Middle Eastern and African countries like Syria, Iraq, and Libya. The idea of Responsibility to protect was mentioned in the report of International Commission on Intervention and Sovereignty and in 2005 it was admitted officially in annual summit of General Assembly. In 2006,the theory of R to P was reiterated by 1674 and 1706 UNSC resolutions, also in January 2012, UN secretary General Ban Ki Moon put emphasize on the this emerging theory. This article is about to make elaboration on conceptual and theoretical aspects of theory according to international treaties, international customary law, UNSC resolutions, UN secratery general statements, practice of states. The authors do believe that this doctrine shape new form of interventionism and will be resorted as an instrument to make regime change within unfavorable regimes including Syria. Despite the fact that disagreement of UNSC has been made illegal any sort of intervention in Syria.

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