Wilkinson puts forward the view that in a democracy, the main goal of a counterterrorism approach should be to safeguard and upkeep democracy, the rule of law, and its people. He emphasises that these objectives outweigh the need of eradicating terrorism and political violence besides, it also can weaken democratic ideal. “Any bloody tyrant can solve the problem of political violence if he is prepared to sacrifice all considerations of humanity, and to trample down all constitutional and judicial
The 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
In order to fully grasp the impact of Humanitarian Intervention in a postmodern international stage, questions will be addressed in this essay; can intervention ever be genuinely and purely ‘humanitarian’? Can humanitarian intervention ever be reconciled with the norm of state sovereignty? To solve of these questions, research from experts, such as Andrew Heywood and Noam Chomsky, will be interpret and study. For the purpose of this work I intend to use this term with the following limitations,
Excellency Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros. I wish to stress the importance to Venezuela of respect for the international rule of law to the maintenance of international peace and security. Throughout human history, war and conflict have caused untold suffering that have hindered social development and economic progress. The prevention of conflicts has therefore always been a shared objective of the international community. Ensuring and maintaining peace as a principle and fundamental right are critical to implement
The International Human Rights regime cannot be adequately grasped without an appreciation of its intimate relation to and reliance on international organizations. Before World War II, international law safeguarding human rights was sparse. States limited their legal obligations to declarations of intent and to a small quantity of conventions. The Nuremberg Trial and the 1945 United Nations (UN) Charter held center stage in the human rights regime until 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly
including the right of remedial secession. Specifically, Article 20(2) the African Charter provides that colonized or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds of domination by resorting to any means recognized by the international community. However, in practice, the African Union (AU) has adopted a very unyielding position on the inviolability and immutability of boundaries inherited at independence. The AU’s refusal to recognize the unilateral secessions of Somaliland
right of self-determination and secession apply in Mindanao?, But before we delve in to the issue let us define first the right of self-determination and know its parameters.. In both documents of UN namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)[1] and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)[2]reads: "All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue
emerged from World War II. This international treaty sets out basic principles of international relations. The UN Charter is a relatively short treaty of less than 9,000 words. To some extent, the secret of the UN Charter’s survival has depended on its concise character. Again, the “constitutionalization” of international law is one of the most intensely debated issues in contemporary international legal doctrine. There indeed exists a constitutional law of the international community that is built on
Introduced by the French philosopher Jean Bodin in 16th-century France to legitimize the power of the king over feudal vassals, sovereignty has over the last centuries arisen through the ranks of the most contentious concepts in political science and international law as it often deals with the intricate balance between the ‘state and the government’ and ‘independence and democracy’. Many philosophers have therefore cracked their heads over the question what sovereignty entails, and although multiple definitions
other goods. But the international investment treaties and national investment laws have a different concept of investment. There is no particular definition of ‘investment’ as it has been defined in different ways under different treaties. Under NAFTA reads: investment means: (a) an enterprise; (b)