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Future groundwater development in the Jifarah Plain, Libya
Elgzeli, Yousef Mohamed ; Krásný, Jiří (advisor) ; Tesař, Miroslav (referee) ; Matula, Svatopluk (referee)
Libya as many other regions under arid climates suffer from inadequate water resources to cover all the needs of this rapidly developing country. Increasing water amounts for population supply, agricultural irrigation and use for industry are needed. As groundwater is the main water source in the country it represents a natural resource of the highest economic and social importance. Conceptual and numerical models were implemented in a regional scale to show how the natural situation has been changed after heavy groundwater abstraction having occurred in the last decades in the northwestern part of Libya. Results of the numerical model indicated that the current zones of depression in piezometric surface could have been caused by smaller withdrawn amounts than previously estimated. Indicated differences in assessed withdrawn groundwater volumes seem to be quite high and might influence considerably the future possibilities of groundwater use in the study region. 6
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Responsibility to Protect and Regime Change: Case of Libya
Koucká, Kateřina ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Hynek, Nikola (referee)
The aim of this work is to analyze the relationship between R2P and violent regime change. The work gives an overview of the establishment of R2P on the international scene, and then deals with its problem of selectivity in its application in practice. Despite the formal adoption of R2P in 2005 by all UN member states, R2P has been since then applied to similar cases of humanitarian crises in different ways. The problem of selectivity of R2P is fuelling the criticism of its legitimacy, because it is according to many a mean for achieving regime change. The most important reason for R2P's criticism is the connection between R2P and violent regime change, and that is the central theme of this work. Based on an analysis of the documents which form R2P, the work concludes that military intervention under R2P must not be deliberately used for regime change. However, there may be situations, when regime change is necessary for the protection of civilians; which means that regime change can be regarded as legitimate only if it is as an indirect result of the intervention. Therefore regime change is an integral part of R2P. The work aims to explore this ambivalent relationship and find out, where lies the boundary between legitimate overthrowing of a régime for the protection of civilians, and regime...
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Death of Muammar Gaddafi and its international legal and political circumstances
Vokálek, Martin ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Hlavsová, Aneta (referee)
The thesis deals with the events that predated the death of Muammar Gaddafi and particularly examines whether the subsequent reactions of the persons involved were in accordance with international law. The essence of a war crime and its definition in terms of international law is researched in the theoretical part of the thesis. Further tackled is the perspective of both the main actors of the conflict and the main institutions active in the field of international law, such as the UN or the International Criminal Court. The author subsequently describes and analyses the main circumstances in which the long-time leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi died. On the basis of prior examination of the issue the thesis tries to answer the question of whether this case can be described as a war crime for which punishment should fall. The third part examines the reactions of the main actors who were influenced in the Libyan civil war. Of importanance is also the subsequent analysis of how was this incident reported in the media.
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The current business environment in Libya and the development of business relations with the Czech republic
Král, Jakub ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Felfel, Dia Eddin (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the current business environment in Libya and to identify opportunities and threats, which can the businesses expect while entering the Libyan market. The result of this analysis evaluates, whether it is at present appropriate for foreign companies to invest their capital in the territory of Libya or not. The analysis is carried out by PEST technique, which specifically determines various factors of its business environment, and subsequently is evaluated by ETOP technique. The secondary goal of this thesis is to analyze the development of trade relations between Libya and the Czech Republic since the beginning of trade cooperation until present. The crucial part of this thesis is the research to what extent are Czech companies involved in business activities in the territory of Libya and in which sectors of Libyan economy they can approach new business opportunities.
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Responsibility to Protect - Concept and Application
Sitter, Tomáš ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Topic of this thesis is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine that has become very current at the present time because of its use in legitimising the operation of NATO and other countries during the uprising in Libya in 2011. Apart from a number of sympathetic opinions, it has caused a wave critique, which has been of two types. Some criticised even the fact itself that the UN Security Council had labelled the Libya situation as a case suited for the application of this doctrine. There were also those who had agreed wholeheartedly with this designation, but who were disappointed by how the operation that followed had proceeded. This section of critics claims that NATO and other states that took part in the operation overstepped the mandate granted to them by the Security Council and thereby caused at least a partial delegitimising of R2P.
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The civil war in Libya
Varjan, Milan ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Kočišíková, Viera (referee)
The thesis covers the topic of the armed rebellion in Libya that gradually spiraled into a full-blown civil war and thanks to a timely military intervention ultimately led to the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Drawing on a set of CDA principles I identify main features of the political discourse set in the socially-political milieu of the civil war in Libya prior to the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution No. 1973, which provided a mandate for a military intervention in Libya that was subsequently carried out by the USA, NATO and other members of the ad hoc coalition. Also, through a prism of realism I elaborate on the circumstances leading to said military intervention, its development (of the intervention) and finally its outcome.
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The importance of conflict in Libya for development of world oil prices
Mikešová, Alžběta ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Jiránková, Martina (referee)
Conflict in Libya was the most serious of a series of uprising at the beginning of the year 2011 in the Middle East and North Africa. Following the current situation of world production and consumption of oil, the work focuses on the reaction of oil markets to the conflict and estimates the future development of the oil industry. The aim is to analyze how much the Libyan Civil War influences the development of oil prices on world markets. The second main point of this work is to determine to what extent the current situation in the country could damage the Libyan economy. Much of the information comes from documents and statistics of the U. S. Energy Information Administration, the International Energy Agency and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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The position of France in the Mediterranean and North Africa
Lorková, Aneta ; Nechvátal, Martin (advisor) ; Novotná, Yvona (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce the Maghreb countries and the historical background and current events to clarify the common issues between the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Specifically, this thesis introduces the relations between Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya with their former colonial power, France. Although Libya differs in many aspects from the other Maghreb countries, it cannot be isolated in the region. Thus this thesis, with the emphasis to the differences, takes Libya also in account. This thesis also aims to define the current foreign policy of France towards the Maghreb countries and outlines the strengths and weaknesses of current and future mutual cooperation.
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Citizens on Libya - November 2011
Červenka, Jan
According to the November survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre, 25% of Czech citizens are interested in current events in the Middle East and Northern Africa. 33% of Czechs approve the international coalition’s military operations in Libya, 40% oppose it and 27% are undecided. Only 32% of Czech public think that Muammar Gaddafi's death will calm down the situation in Libya, 44% are sceptical on this matter.
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