POLISCI 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: United Nations Special Committee On Palestine
28 Jun 2015
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12,000,000 killed in holocaust and in the war (civilians). 49,078,000,000 people killed due to assertion of political agenda. Changes the nature of our understanding of what state sovereignty is. R2p sovereignty is an obligation to protect the people in the state no. There is no reason for the world to believe in the rule that everyone should be treated equally. 23,000,000 people killed in purges and famine (intentionally created by stalin) within ukraine. 2001 us passes new resolution called the responsibility to protect aka. Until 2001, sovereignty was that a state had the right to govern their people the way they want to, no limits, and they could choose to whether or not protect their people. matter what. Three circumstances where sovereignty becomes a right rather than an obligation: United states is where national identity is something people would kill and die for. Un council is the only legitimate council that may go forward with.
