Interwencja humanitarna w prawie i polityce międzynarodowej
Humanitarian intervention in interna onal law and politics

Summary/Abstract: Humanitarian intervention is understood as an action undertaken by international society, against the sovereign state, that is intended to alleviate extensive human suffering as mass murders, ethnic cleanings, acts of genocide, within the borders of this state. Such intervention is breaking the rules of Westphal Order, particularly the principles of sovereignty of states and non-intervention. Though humanitarian intervention do not necessarily requires the use of military force, because it could include for example impose of sanctions, the term intervention refers practically to situations in which military power is used. As such intervention, especially without authorization of UN Security Council, is against the main principle of International Law, is becoming a major focus of debate within governments, international organizations (UN for example), academic circles, especially among lawyers, political and moral philosophers. The doctrine of humanitarian intervention was widely criticized, both in cases in which intervention was undertaken (Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sierra Leone) and in the cases in which was relinquished (Biafra, Rwanda). The author of the article describes different aspects of that important question.

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