Glanville, Luke2015-12-131528-3577http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77702The adoption of Resolution 1973 authorizing intervention in Libya represented the first time that the UN Security Council had authorized military intervention in a functioning and non-consenting sovereign state for the purpose of protecting civilians. A cKeywords: authoritarianism; military intervention; regional politics; sovereignty; state role; United Nations; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Humanitarian intervention; Libya; Regional organizations; Responsibility to protect; Security Council; Sovereignty201310.1111/j.1528-3585.2012.00497.x2016-02-24