No-Fly Zone in International Law with Respect to Security Council Practice

In contemporary International Law, known as one of the most important protective mechanisms, no-fly zone, in both international and non-international armed conflicts. With the rising importance of human rights in the domestic and international law, the international community calls for quicker and more crucial response of international institutions, particularly the UN Security Council, in the serious and egregious violations of the law . Establishing no-fly zones must be considered in order to fulfillment above mentioned matter, and maintaining international peace and security and respect to human rights and humanitarian international law are important two measures to recognition and analysis the legal system governing on these zones. Iraq, the former Yugoslavia and Libya are among the most important examples of the creation of such areas. However establishing a no fly zone in Iraq had any explicit grounds in Security Council resolutions, but establishing a no fly zone above territories of the former Yugoslavia and Libya must be based on Security Council resolutions. Considering legal basis of establishing no fly zones and the extent of the success and efficiency of this measure in protecting civilians are the issues that are considered in this article.