ECH 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Humanitarian Intervention, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court, Center For Talented Youth

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Manner in which humanitarian intervention us carried out. Issues of whether the intervention without un security council authorizations is legal. Non-interventions and abandonments ie. srebrenica (1995) ie. rwanda (1994) 2000: canadian government, along with several international foundations, created an international commission or intervention and state sovereignty. Make up of distinguished academic and international policy makers subjected issues of military intervention to intense security. 2001: (december) published the report, responsibility to protect. 2005: at the united nations world summit, world leaders unanimously declared that all states have a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. As part of the international community they stand prepared to take collective action in cases where national authorities fail their obligations. Biggest impact: different notion of state sovereignty, shifting the understanding from sovereignty as control to sovereignty as a responsibility.