The Drama Of Humanitarian Intervention

Author : Natalie Joy Marrer
Publisher : Graduate Institute Publications
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9782940600199

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The Drama of Humanitarian Intervention by Natalie Joy Marrer Pdf

This ePaper approaches looks at the contentious debate surrounding humanitarian intervention through a critical, narratological lens. By questioning the roles cast and identities constituted, in what can could be compared to a theatrical drama, the focus is on given to the unreliable narration by of the most powerful characters on the international stage –, from the US to the UN –, and its impact on the political and legal stances taken in various contexts. On a meta-level, it examines the conditions which that enable this unreliable narration, by pointing to the out a problematic flexibility owing to the flowing from paradoxes and conflation nestled entrenched in human rights rhetoric; and what some deem call a budding ‘humanity’s law’. Attention is meant to be drawn to the power of mental imagery conjured up by intervention narratives, based on the story of saving innocents, as embodiments of humanity. The goal is to foster self-reflection among of the readers of working in humanitarian intervention, within the epistemic community of international lawyers, and beyond. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Vahabzadeh Foundation for financially supporting the publication of best works by young researchers of the Graduate Institute, giving a priority to those who have been awarded academic prizes for their master’s dissertations.

Author : Sean D. Murphy
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 0812233824

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Humanitarian Intervention by Sean D. Murphy Pdf

Over the centuries, societies have gradually developed constraints on the use of armed force in the conduct of foreign relations. The crowning achievement of these efforts occurred in the midtwentieth century with the general acceptance among the states of the world that the use of military force for territorial expansion was unacceptable. A central challenge for the twenty-first century rests in reconciling these constraints with the increasing desire to protect innocent persons from human rights deprivations that often take place during civil war or result from persecution by autocratic governments. Humanitarian Intervention is a detailed look at the historical development of constraints on the use of force and at incidents of humanitarian intervention prior to, during, and after the Cold War.

Author : Nicholas J. Wheeler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198296218

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Saving Strangers by Nicholas J. Wheeler Pdf

The extent to which humanitarian intervention has become a legitimate practice in post-cold war international society is the subject of this book. It maps the changing legitimacy of humanitarian intervention by comparing the international response to cases of humanitarian intervention in thecold war and post-cold war periods. Crucially, the book examines how far international society has recognised humanitarian intervention as a legitimate exception to the rules of sovereignty and non-intervention and non-use of force. While there are studies of each case of intervention - in EastPakistan, Cambodia, Uganda, Iraq, Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo - there is no single work that examines them comprehensively in a comparative framework. Each chapter tells a story of intervention that weaves together a study of motives, justifications and outcomes. The legitimacy ofhumanitarian intervention is contested by the 'pluralist' and 'solidarist' wings of the English school, and the book charts the stamp of these conceptions on state practice. Solidarism lacks a full-blown theory of humanitarian intervention and the book supplies one. A key focus is to examine how ishumanitarian intervention legitimate in present diplomatic dialogues. In exploring how far there has been a change of norm in the society of states in the 1990s, the book defends the broad based constructivist claim that state actions will be constrained if they cannot be legitimated, and that newnorms enable new practices but do not determine these. The book concludes by considering how far contemporary practices of humanitarian intervention support a new solidarism, and how far this resolves the traditional conflict between order and justice in international society.

Author : Rajan Menon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199384877

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The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention by Rajan Menon Pdf

"There is a veritable cottage industry of books on humanitarian intervention (the use of military force to stop atrocities) and the vast majority favors the project. The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention challenges this consensus by pointing up the strategic, legal, and ethical problems associated with it. The book also disputes the claim that humanitarian intervention, particularly as manifested in the doctrine of "The Responsibility to Protect," has become a universal norm that offers a comprehensive and effective solution to mass killing"--

Author : Aidan Hehir
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137000941

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The Responsibility to Protect by Aidan Hehir Pdf

From Kosovo to Libya, humanitarian intervention is seldom out of the news. While the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) has often been at the centre of these debates, its effectiveness as a means of preventing and resolving mass atrocities is disputed. The book provides a systematic overview of the theory and practice of R2P, and examines how the doctrine has been interpreted and implemented since it was first conceived. Aidan Hehir argues that, while it has undeniably raised international consciousness regarding humanitarian intervention, R2P has not significantly improved the international response to large-scale intra-state crises. Hehir advances an alternative strategy involving a strengthening of international law – based around obligations rather than discretionary rights – and major structural reform to the United Nations. Broad-ranging and insightful, this innovative text provides a clear grasp of the key issues and debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and advances a major new critique of R2P.

Author : Brendan Simms,D. J. B. Trim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139497947

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Humanitarian Intervention by Brendan Simms,D. J. B. Trim Pdf

The dilemma of how best to protect human rights is one of the most persistent problems facing the international community today. This unique and wide-ranging history of humanitarian intervention examines responses to oppression, persecution and mass atrocities from the emergence of the international state system and international law in the late sixteenth century, to the end of the twentieth century. Leading scholars show how opposition to tyranny and to religious persecution evolved from notions of the common interests of 'Christendom' to ultimately incorporate all people under the concept of 'human rights'. As well as examining specific episodes of intervention, the authors consider how these have been perceived and justified over time, and offer important new insights into ideas of national sovereignty, international relations and law, as well as political thought and the development of current theories of 'international community'.

Author : Susan Carolyn Breau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 1905017081

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Humanitarian Intervention by Susan Carolyn Breau Pdf

Author : Jennifer M. Welsh
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191533006

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Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations by Jennifer M. Welsh Pdf

Should states use military force for humanitarian purposes? What are the challenges to international society posed by humanitarian intervention in a post-September 11th world? This path-breaking work brings together well-known scholars of law, philosophy, and international relations, together with practitioners who have been actively engaged in intervention during the past decade. Together, this team provides practical and theoretical answers to one of the most burning issues of our day. Case studies include Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, and East Timor, as well as the recent US intervention in Afghanistan. The book demonstrates why humanitarian intervention continues to be a controversial issue not only for the United Nations but also for Western states and humanitarian organizations.

Author : Martha Finnemore
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0801489598

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The Purpose of Intervention by Martha Finnemore Pdf

Finnemore examines changes over the past 400 years about why countries intervene militarily as well as in the ways they have intervened.

Author : Fernando R. Tesón
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060123218

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Humanitarian Intervention by Fernando R. Tesón Pdf

Intervention--the deliberate intrusion of a state or an internationally legitimized force into a country deemed guilty of large scale systematic violation of human rights--is probably the most controversial issue in modern world affairs. It has been dubbed "humanitarian," as humanitarianism is its raison d'etre, but its critics point not only to its frequent failure to improve a bad situation, but on occasion to make matters worse. Nevertheless, Professor Teson shows, it is a moral imperative that is at least permitted, if not demanded, by international law. Teson first argues that respect for human rights is the primary justification for states & governments, & that, accordingly, tyrannical governments have no international legitimacy. Then, following a detailed analysis of the UN Charter, customary law, & the Nicaragua case, he examines state interventions in Bangladesh, Central Africa, Uganda, & Grenada, as well as United Nations authorized interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Rwanda, & Bosnia.

Author : Susan Carolyn Breau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1040920288

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Humanitarian Intervention by Susan Carolyn Breau Pdf

Author : James Pattison
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191609787

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Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility To Protect by James Pattison Pdf

Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility To Protect considers who should undertake humanitarian intervention in response to an ongoing or impending humanitarian crisis, such as found in Rwanda in early 1994, Kosovo in 1999, and Darfur more recently. The doctrine of the responsibility to protect asserts that when a state is failing to uphold its citizens' human rights, the international community has a responsibility to protect these citizens, including by undertaking humanitarian intervention. It is unclear, however, which particular agent should be tasked with this responsibility. Should we prefer intervention by the UN, NATO, a regional or subregional organization (such as the African Union), a state, a group of states, or someone else? This book answers this question by, first, determining which qualities of interveners are morally significant and, second, assessing the relative importance of these qualities. For instance, is it important that an intervener have a humanitarian motive? Should an intervener be welcomed by those it is trying to save? How important is it that an intervener will be effective and what does this mean in practice? The book then considers the more empirical question of whether (and to what extent) the current interveners actually possess these qualities, and therefore should intervene. For instance, how effective can we expect UN action to be in the future? Is NATO likely to use humanitarian means? Overall, it develops a particular normative conception of legitimacy for humanitarian intervention. It uses this conception of legitimacy to assess not only current interveners, but also the desirability of potential reforms to the mechanisms and agents of humanitarian intervention.

Author : Taylor B. Seybolt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Altruism
ISBN : 9780199252435

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Humanitarian Military Intervention by Taylor B. Seybolt Pdf

Military intervention in a conflict without a reasonable prospect of success is unjustifiable, especially when it is done in the name of humanity. Couched in the debate on the responsibility to protect civilians from violence and drawing on traditional 'just war' principles, the centralpremise of this book is that humanitarian military intervention can be justified as a policy option only if decision makers can be reasonably sure that intervention will do more good than harm. This book asks, 'Have past humanitarian military interventions been successful?' It defines success as saving lives and sets out a methodology for estimating the number of lives saved by a particular military intervention. Analysis of 17 military operations in six conflict areas that were thedefining cases of the 1990s-northern Iraq after the Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Kosovo and East Timor-shows that the majority were successful by this measure. In every conflict studied, however, some military interventions succeeded while others failed, raising the question, 'Why have some past interventions been more successful than others?' This book argues that the central factors determining whether a humanitarian intervention succeeds are theobjectives of the intervention and the military strategy employed by the intervening states. Four types of humanitarian military intervention are offered: helping to deliver emergency aid, protecting aid operations, saving the victims of violence and defeating the perpetrators of violence. Thefocus on strategy within these four types allows an exploration of the political and military dimensions of humanitarian intervention and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of each of the four types.Humanitarian military intervention is controversial. Scepticism is always in order about the need to use military force because the consequences can be so dire. Yet it has become equally controversial not to intervene when a government subjects its citizens to massive violation of their basic humanrights. This book recognizes the limits of humanitarian intervention but does not shy away from suggesting how military force can save lives in extreme circumstances.

Author : Alex J. Bellamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Humanitarian intervention
ISBN : 1138961833

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Humanitarian Intervention by Alex J. Bellamy Pdf

Volume I. Law, ethics, and theories -- volume II. Humanitarian intervention in history -- volume III. Humanitarian intervention in contemporary practice -- volume IV. Beyond humanitarian intervention : the responsibility to protect

Author : Mark Swatek-Evenstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107061927

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A History of Humanitarian Intervention by Mark Swatek-Evenstein Pdf

An examination of the historical narratives surrounding humanitarian intervention, presenting an undogmatic, alternative history of human rights protection.