Libya in Transition: The Significance of U.N. Resolution 1973 and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa

At a time when people in the Middle East and North Africa are calling for democracy and human rights, the United Nations Security Council, inspired by the Responsibility to Protect principle, approved Resolution 1973 to protect Libya's civilian population against escalating violence. Subsequent actions by NATO and allied Arab country forces have helped bring about the fall of the Qaddafi regime and recognition of the revolutionary National Transitional Council as Libya's legitimate government. The efforts to establish justice, security, and the rule of the law in Libya offers lessons for other Middle Eastern and North African countries seeking democratic rule.

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) hosted an event to assess the effort to establish democratic rule in Libya, the role of the U.N. resolution in that effort, and the importance of the transition and resolution to democracy efforts throughout the region.

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Speakers

Dean Pittman, panelist
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Laith Kubba, panelist
Senior Director, Middle East and North Africa
National Endowment for Democracy
Manal Omar, panelist
Director of Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Programs
United States Institute of Peace
Ted Piccone, panelist
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy
The Brookings Institution
Colette Rausch, moderator
Director, Rule of Law Center
United States Institute of Peace
Dick Rowson, introduction
Board Member
United Nations Association-National Capital Area

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Start Date:

October 19, 2011 - 10:00am

End Date:

October 19, 2011 - 11:30am