HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION
Author(s): Dragan BašićSubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Evropski defendologija centar za naučna, politička, ekonomska, socijalna, bezbjednosna, sociološka i kriminološka istraživanja
Keywords: protection of human rights; the Charter of the United Nations; humanitarian military intervention; “moral justification”; state sovereignty;
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes a cause-effect relationship between human rights and humanitarian military intervention by analyzing cases in a global world practice. One of the most effective ways to protect human rights is a direct intervention, ranging from sanctions to the use of military force, at a time when the whole system in the country is disintegrated and its people are drawn into a war against all, or when the state exercises a permanent and systematic violence over its citizens. The research attempts to answer the question whether direct military intervention is “humanitarian” or “legalized violence” against people and whether national security and international law guaranteed sovereignty of a country are undermined under the banner of preserving human rights and security. The main aim is to point out the motives and consequences of taking military humanitarian intervention to protect human rights as well as their long-term viability.
Journal: DEFENDOLOGIJA
- Issue Year: 16/2013
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 59-67
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English