POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: John D. And Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation, Failed State, Noble Eightfold Path
3 Dec 2012
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Intervention dilemmas: rwanda, bosnia, kosovo, east timor. Problem with kosovo, was intervened without approval of the un. The idea is that the un is the exclusive legitimate franchiser for military intervention. If the un approves military force, it is lawful, if not, it is not lawful. It was illegal under the law however most people believe it was legitimate. What was morally legitimate in order to save the lives of innocent people was not lawful in international law. There is a problem between legitimacy and legality, a separation. International commission on sovereignty and intervention, 2001. Commission to unite how to intervene legally and morally. All sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their own civilians. When a sovereign state fails to do this (torture, massacre, ethnic cleansing) other states have a responsibility to protect them when the first state fails at this duty. The responsibility to protect versus the right to intervene.
