Philosophy 2810F/G Chapter Notes -International Humanitarian Law, Human Security
25 Jul 2012
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Readings week three r2p engaging civil society. International commission on intervention and state sovereignty seeks to lay out alternatives to the deeply criticized humanitarian interventions of the 1990s. To try to develop a global political consensus on how to move from polemics particularly through the un. Delivering practical protection for ordinary people at risk of their lives because their states are unwilling or unable to protect them. The concept of sovereignty signifies the legal identity of a state in international law. The author of a state is not regarded as absolute. States also take on obligations as members of the international community. The concept of sovereignty as responsibility now must extend to the responsibility of the state to protect its citizens. International legal obligations under human rights and human protection declarations covenants and treaties international humanitarian law and national law. Human security there is growing recognition that the concept of security must include people as well as states.
