POL S 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ottawa Treaty, Kyoto Protocol, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
Document Summary
Int"l campaign to ban landmines vs responsibility to protect. Mine ban treaty signed in 1997 to prohibit use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel mines. Ban on mines is a norm that must become universal to have effect, in which subjects of the treaty carry out the obligations of mine clearance, stockpile destruction, and victim aid. 1994 president of rwanda assassinated and violence spread through ethnic cleansing and genocide. Secretary of un challenges international community to take action. R2p (responsibility to protect) made to protect nations from threatening violence and provide troops to aid in protection of civilians. International law and norms (cid:522)hard(cid:523) international law: obligatory, precise, delegated dispute adjudication. 1 (cid:522)soft(cid:523) international law: largely exhortatory, often imprecise, no delegation. Convergence of interest: as states come to share interests, move from softer to harder law. However, if norms are broadly and deeply shared, do not need law. Support law to control the behavior of others.
