Côte d’Ivoire: repeated urgent warnings to prevent ethnic cleansing and mass atrocities; Libya: recalling the limited aspect of the military operations based upon a responsibility to protect civilians

I. Côte d’Ivoire: repeated urgent warnings to prevent ethnic cleansing and mass atrocities

1. Amnesty International – Warning of ‘human rights catastrophe’ as forces reach Abidjan

2. Human Rights Watch – West African Immigrants Massacred

3. Mukhisa Kituyi – Africa: Libya, Côte d’Ivoire burn as Africa runs in circles

4. International Crisis Group – Open Letter to the UN Security Council on the Situation in Côte

5. FIDH –Hundreds of lives lost in Ivory Coast amidst slow international response, 32 organizations call for urgent action

II. Libya: recalling the limited aspect of the military operations based upon a responsibility to protect civilians

Civil Society articles on the latest developments

1. NATO Watch –NATO must stick to the R2P script

2. Amnesty International – Libya: Campaign of enforced disappearances must end

3. Human Rights Watch – African Rights Court issues first ruling against a state

Opinion Editorials

1. Adekeye Adebajo –Africa must support Libya intervention

2. International Peace Institute – Interview with Special Adviser Ed Luck

3. Hans Geiser –  A chink in the armour of sovereignty

4. Paul Kagame – Africa: Rwandans know why Gaddafi must be stopped

5. Gareth Evans –The UN Security Council mandate does not call for Gadhafi’s head