ABSTRACT
This chapter not only evaluates what conception(s) of justice underpinned the European Union's (EU's) approach towards crisis management in Libya, but also highlights what factors hampered its impact. The latter include unforeseen developments and overlooked local realities that challenged the implementation of strategy agreed on paper; the fragmentation of EU member states, which hindered coordination and consistency of measures; and the shifting in the conception of “justice” within EU as well as local actors, which frustrated coherence and effectiveness on the ground. Critically, the chapter analyses the EU approach against the regional context to understand how external factors can cripple local policies and to evaluate the EU's capacity to adapt as it goes. The ultimate goal of this research is to reveal whether the Union is up to its stated values when confronted by greater difficulties than anticipated.
