POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Human Security, Rana Wickrama Padakkama, John D. And Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation
Document Summary
What is it to be sovereign (duties, responsibilities) Rwanda: 800 000 butchered with knives, canadian had un troops there but he was unable to intervene and he had post traumatic stress because of it. Bosnia: western world watched while capital of bosnia pound civilians with sniper rifles they do it to make sure bosnia does not become and independent state but then slaughter goes on and west just watch. 1995: u. s. and nato overcame resistance to stop serves (the people causing trouble in bosnia) and since the intervention no one has died since but it took them 3 years to do this which led to many deaths. Legitimacy; although us intervention saved a lot of people, it wasn"t legal. International commission on sovereignty and intervention, 2011; canada didn"t lead with troops etc, they led with ideas (another form of ir) R2p (all sovereign states have the responsibility to protect their own civilians) at the general assembly.
