REGARDING HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION. Introduction Humanitarian intervention raises one of the most controversial questions in international law of great contemporary relevance as it has its place in international politics and it is set in the state practice. In this essay I will provide an account and analysis of one philosphical perception of it and then contrast it with a different one while trying to reflex on certain issues myself and look at them critically. Thomas Franck and Humanitarian Intervention
sanctioned interference to halt atrocities, provided justice for victims, penalised perpetrators and proved to be a stepping stone towards preventing such heinous crimes in the future. Humanitarian intervention has been an element in this mix. There is no standard or legal definition when it comes to humanitarian intervention and it is highly contested but I will begin by selecting the definition that it is a forceful response to circumstances ‘when the violation of human rights within a set of boundaries
UN Security Council Resolution of 1973 on Libya authorized any United Nations Member State to act through the regional organizations to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack in the country.(Modeme) The humanitarian intervention was a result of the R2P (responsibility to protect) principle of United Nations. According to Hall(302) : “when a state interferes in the relations of other states without the consent of one or both of them, or when it interferes in the
the consent of that state. "Humanitarian Intervention" refers to the use of force by one state or group of states on the other state without the consent of latter on humanitarian grounds when human rights are violated. Before the emergence of the United Nations, any nation could arbitrarily intervene into another state .Most interventions were justified in terms of the intervening state's obligation through a formal alliance or national security rather than humanitarian reasons. Since the foundation
cases the question of the access to humanitarian assistance is also the question of life or death. Unfortunately, in recent years, humanitarian actors frequently struggled to provide assistance to civilians in need. According to various international actors, the Syrian conflict, which began in 2011, has triggered the world’s largest humanitarian crisis since the World War II showing the international community that although there are rules governing the humanitarian assistance during the armed conflicts
the issue of bystander intervention is conducting a series of experiments, such as Darley and Latané’s study on ‘bystander intervention in emergencies’ in 1968. However, this typical approach was criticized as inadequate by Cherry's feminist approach in 1995. This essay will first discuss the study done by Darley and Latané, and then explain the critique made by Cherry. Darley and Latané’s experimental investigation Darley and Latané’s research into bystander intervention was mainly led by the murder
Theoretical and Conceptual Framework The principles and concepts that have helped shape the framework of this study are mainly drawn from the structural functionalist theory, social contract theory, reinforcement theory, the UN Humanitarian Resolution 46/182 of 1991, the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (R.A. 10121), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework of the Philippines, and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, 2011 to
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake changed Haiti forever on the eve of 12th January 2010. The destruction was widespread and massive in nature and the fragile and developing infrastructure in Haiti didn’t take much time to get destroyed. Hospitals, houses, schools, industrial and administrative building in the densely populated capital of Haiti i.e Port au-Prince and neighbouring coastal communities, were greatly damaged as it was built in a substandard manner which could not withstand such a powerful
Helping others A fundamental principle of humanity, tying together people is helping others. In times of tragedy, stories about helping the nation to recover after natural disasters or terrorist attacks are very inspiring and stimulate to give aid to other people. A lot of people even devote their lives to helping others, for instance, customer services and volunteering workers who risk their lives for the common good, police force that protects cities and fire brigades that save burning buildings
are regularly presented as harmful people who endanger the way of life. As such, when terrorism is presented in this fashion, it will rationalise military involvement by the state. But in theory, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the other treaties of war regulate these interventions. On the other hand, Rousseau and other social contract advocates claim those who infringe the social rights of the public are no more regarded as members of the state. Instead, they are now at war with it. Breaking