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'Abstract The Post-Cold war era have witness a growing heated debate and awareness on the issue of human rights and have widely worn the concern of the International Community. With the growing series of crises, which has led to human rights violation in many countries. Many calls have been made in both local and international level requesting humanitarian intervention when human rights violation is been carried out by the government against it civilian population. In some cases, the international community had responded to the calls why in other cases little or no action been made to protect the civilian population. Due to the result of intense negotiation on the bases of diplomatic consultations, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) put the norm or concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in place with a widely applauded light. However, the questions now, which preoccupy scholars, are under what legality, condition, circumstances and mandate can the principle of R2P empower the international community to intervene and protect the civilian population of a sovereign state without the permission and notice of the state concern. This thesis will examine the role of humanitarian intervention and R2P on the Libyan crisis and the ongoing crisis in Syria, while paying attention on the current challenges by applying the two concepts. Keywords: Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility to Protect, Libya and Syria'