The key component of the resolution says member nations may use 鈥渁ll necessary measures鈥� to protect Libyan civilians. But what does that really mean? Legal scholars say it鈥檚 an ambiguous statement likely gives countries license to target Mr. Qaddafi himself.
鈥淭he authorisation of 鈥榓ll necessary measures鈥� is broad and appears to allow the targeting of Gaddafi and others who act to put civilians 鈥榰nder threat of attack,鈥� 鈥� Philippe Sands, a law professor at University College London, wrote in the Guardian.
There is one thing 鈥渁ll necessary measures鈥� does not include, though. The resolution explicitly says no occupying army is to be placed on Libyan soil.
