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2018
Abstract This chapter examines the ethical and political controversies that have accompanied humanitarian intervention (coercive interference by outside actors to address humanitarian suffering within the sovereign jurisdiction of a state).
Jack Donnelly, Daniel J. Whelan
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Abstract This chapter examines the ethical and political controversies that have accompanied humanitarian intervention (coercive interference by outside actors to address humanitarian suffering within the sovereign jurisdiction of a state).
Jack Donnelly, Daniel J. Whelan
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2011
Abstract This chapter examines military humanitarian interventions spurred by concerns about ‘crimes against humanity’ or ‘mass atrocity crimes’. It begins by discussing early-modern precedents of intervention, in theory and practice. It then considers the treaties of Westphalia (1648) and argues that they did not establish a norm of non-
Lowe Vaughan, Tzanakopoulos Antonios
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Abstract This chapter examines military humanitarian interventions spurred by concerns about ‘crimes against humanity’ or ‘mass atrocity crimes’. It begins by discussing early-modern precedents of intervention, in theory and practice. It then considers the treaties of Westphalia (1648) and argues that they did not establish a norm of non-
Lowe Vaughan, Tzanakopoulos Antonios
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2022
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights is the most comprehensive reference work in the field of international human rights protection. Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, and available online and in print, the Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world ...
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The Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights is the most comprehensive reference work in the field of international human rights protection. Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, and available online and in print, the Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world ...
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2012
This article begins with an assessment of the conceptual parameters of “humanitarian intervention” that occur and recur within the literature. It will be apparent that there are various meanings attached to the concept of humanitarian intervention, and that it is critical to understand what particular proposition authors are addressing when they invoke
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This article begins with an assessment of the conceptual parameters of “humanitarian intervention” that occur and recur within the literature. It will be apparent that there are various meanings attached to the concept of humanitarian intervention, and that it is critical to understand what particular proposition authors are addressing when they invoke
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UNAUTHORIZED HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
Social Philosophy and Policy, 2004In this essay, I offer a utilitarian perspective on humanitarian intervention. There is no generally accepted precise definition of the term ‘humanitarian intervention’. I will provisionally, and roughly, define humanitarian intervention as the use of force by a state, beyond its own borders, that has as a purpose or an effect the protection of the
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2016
Abstract This chapter examines whether so-called humanitarian intervention is a lawful exception to the international law prohibiting use of force when rescuing populations from widespread grave human rights violations, without UN Security Council authorization under Chapter VII.
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Abstract This chapter examines whether so-called humanitarian intervention is a lawful exception to the international law prohibiting use of force when rescuing populations from widespread grave human rights violations, without UN Security Council authorization under Chapter VII.
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2008
Abstract This chapter reviews the normative context (the state of the discourse and international practice regarding humanitarian intervention) circa 1945. It assesses the extent to which the debates surrounding the UN Charter and ancillary post-war human rights treaties established principles relevant to humanitarian intervention.
Heather Jacques Wood +2 more
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Abstract This chapter reviews the normative context (the state of the discourse and international practice regarding humanitarian intervention) circa 1945. It assesses the extent to which the debates surrounding the UN Charter and ancillary post-war human rights treaties established principles relevant to humanitarian intervention.
Heather Jacques Wood +2 more
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