Global environmental issues - Humanitarian Intervention - Conditions for humanitarian intervention

4 important questions on Global environmental issues - Humanitarian Intervention - Conditions for humanitarian intervention

What are four mentioned challenges posed by humanitarian intervention?

  • It violates the established international norm of non-intervention (inviolability of borders)
  • It exceeds the key justification for war, namely self-defence
  • It assumes that the doctrine of human rights provides conduct applicable to all governments
  • Force becomes a first response, rather than a last resort as the pressure for humanitarian intervention is usually high

What two criteria does the R2P (The Responsibility to Protect) protocol entail?

  • Large-scale loss of life
  • Large-scale ethnic cleansing

Who decides when humanitarian intervention is justified?

The UN Security Council
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What are two difficulties arising from the UN superior role as source of international law?

  • Humanitarian intervention is a combination of UN Charter statements and broad but ill-defined acceptance in customary international law (lacking structure)
  • There is general difficulty gaining authorisation by the Security Council due to the 'veto powers' of the 5 permanent members

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