Humanitarian intervention: legitimising the illegal?
LINTER J E
Humanitarian intervention: legitimising the illegal? - 2005
This paper appraises the model for humanitarian intervention proposed in the High-level Panel Report. It will demonstrate that this model has been developed from traditional just war theory and consider if the application of a just war theory could be universally acceptable. The study will review the current state of international law and consider how views towards the sovereignty and the interpretation of the UN Charter have been used in the past as justification for humanitarian interventions. It will review alternative current perspectives from differing cultures and religions to determine that there has been a convergence of attitudes towards human rights and humnitarian intervention. This analysis suggests that the world is not yet ready for such an approach to sovereignty and intervention.
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
Humanitarian intervention: legitimising the illegal? - 2005
This paper appraises the model for humanitarian intervention proposed in the High-level Panel Report. It will demonstrate that this model has been developed from traditional just war theory and consider if the application of a just war theory could be universally acceptable. The study will review the current state of international law and consider how views towards the sovereignty and the interpretation of the UN Charter have been used in the past as justification for humanitarian interventions. It will review alternative current perspectives from differing cultures and religions to determine that there has been a convergence of attitudes towards human rights and humnitarian intervention. This analysis suggests that the world is not yet ready for such an approach to sovereignty and intervention.
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION