Thus human rights are culturally relative and are certainly not universal in many states which have opposing views to the West, despite being international law. ... This view advocates the idea that in extreme cases of human rights abuses, the international community has the responsibility to protect civilians from 'genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity' where states fail. ... In March, the UNSC passed Resolution 1973 in response to Gaddafi's threats to massacre the 'rats and cockroaches' opposing his rule – grossly violating the r...

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