Humanitarian Intervention


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An armed intervention in a state, without that state’s consent, to address (the threat of) a humanitarian disaster, in particular caused by grave and large-scale violations of fundamental human rights
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Nigel Rodley, 'Humanitarian Intervention', in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF THE USE OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, supra note 7, at 775-76; Terry D.
Humanitarian intervention at the margins: an examination of recent incidents
In The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention, City College of New York political scientist Rajan Menon argues that such disastrous missteps are common.
Don't just do something! "Humanitarian" interventions often lead to increased harm
Humanitarian intervention is often thought of as a relatively new practice, but its roots are ancient.
Humanitarian intervention in a multipolar world
(32) Under such dire circumstances, when the refugee crisis of one or more states, caused by ongoing conflict, has heavily impacted neighboring states and has the potential to destabilize the entire region, can third states intervene militarily to appease the refugee crisis under the guise of humanitarian intervention? In other words, can a refugee crisis ever justify a military humanitarian intervention staged outside of the parameters of United Nations-sanctioned measures and operations?
The applicability of the humanitarian intervention "exception" to the Middle Eastern refugee crisis: why the international community should intervene against ISIS
Several scholars have also voiced their beliefs that humanitarian intervention is or should be legal.
Exceptional measures call for exceptional times: the permissibility under international law of humanitarian intervention to protect a people's right to self-determination
"It sounds simplistic, but unfortunately, the shadow of Iraq now hangs over the concept of humanitarian intervention," he says.
The flight of the interventionists
address humanitarian intervention. (23) The result was Canada's
The development of the responsibility to protect: an examination of the debate over the legality of humanitarian intervention
For Walzer, however, the priority is to chide fellow leftists for failing to defend the option of humanitarian intervention in theory, not to understand today why almost nobody thinks it improves the world in practice.
Old Rivals, New Allies? A Foreign Policy for the Left
began humanitarian intervention into Somalia by establishing a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment, (27) promoting a cease-fire agreement, (28) and preparing a plan for monitoring the cease-fire agreement and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance.
THE NEED TO REFORM HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS AUTHORIZED BY SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DOCTRINE
The 'humanitarian intervention' principle -- which the US, UK and France used to justify bombing locations claimed to be part of Syria's chemical weapons infrastructure -- is not a valid reason for aggression, according to Meij.
NATO Lawyer: US, UK, France Airstrike on Syria Not Based on International Law
The US-led strikes on Syrian 'chemical weapons sites', joined by the U.K and France, is another episode of the Western 'humanitarian intervention'.
Western Aggression Against Syria
The humanitarian intervention is a legally debatable concept at the present time," he said in an interview with the BBC.
Legal basis for British strikes in Syria debatable -- Corbyn
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