This book aims to resolve the dilemma regarding whether armed intervention as a response to gross human rights violations is ever legally justified without Security Council authorisation. Thus far, international lawyers have been caught between giving a negative answer on the basis of the UN Charter
Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction
β Scribed by Aidan Hehir
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 158
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention on the contemporary world, its historical background and future prospects after the experiences of Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur and Iraq.
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