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100 1 _aNEWMAN Edward
245 _aExploring the UK's doctrine of humanitarian intervention/
_cEdward Newman
260 _c2021
520 _aUK governments have often claimed that humanitarian intervention - without the consent of the target state and if necessary without express UN Security Council authorization - is legally permissible in exceptional circumstances, a stance that is highly controversial. The UK's position is at odds with prevailing international legal doctrine, which is counterintuitive for a country that is generally committed to international law, the UN framework, and multilateralism. It is also in tension with normative developments related to human protection, such as the international 'Responsibility to Protect' principle, which established that coercive responses to human suffering must be authorized by the UN Security Council. This article explores the background to the UK's position on humanitarian intervention, and it argues that this reflects an element of continuity in the UK's foreign policy in historical perspective, as a legacy of global engagement and a sense of moral righteousness and duty. The article also considers whether the UK's position may be contributing to an evolution of the norms governing the use of force for human protection.
650 _aHUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
_xUK FOREIGN POLICY
_xRESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
773 _aInternational Peacekeeping:
_gVol 28, No.4, August 2021, pp.632-578 (96)
598 _aUK, PEACEKEEP, UN
856 _uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13533312.2021.1878689
_zClick here for full text
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