In the aftermath, then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan created an international commission to recommend ways that humanitarian intervention could be reconciled with Article 2.7 of the UN Charter, which upholds member states’ domestic jurisdiction. The commission concluded that states have a responsibility to protect their citizens, and should be helped to do so by peaceful means, but that if a state disregarded that responsibility by attacking its own citizens, the international community could consider armed intervention.
作为对事件的反思，时任联合国秘书长的科菲·安南创立了一个国际委员会，专门提出符合联合国宪章第二条第七款的人道主义干涉建议，同时维持成员国对本国的管辖权。该委员会认为各国都负有保护其公民的责任，其他各国也应当利用和平方式协助实现这一目的，但如果某国无视这一责任并屠杀本国公民，国际社会就应当考虑武装干涉。