Essays about: "international law humanitarian intervention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words international law humanitarian intervention.

  1. 1. Justifying or Excusing Humanitarian Intervention? - An Examination of Whether the Law of State Responsibility Can Accommodate the Domestic Justification-Excuse Distinction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Isabella Krvavac; [2022]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; public international law; analogi; analogy; rättfärdigande omständigheter; justifications; ursäktande omständigheter; excuses; humanitär intervention; humanitarian intervention; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In defense of humanitarian intervention, it has been claimed to be ‘illegal but justified’ and ‘illegal but excused’. One way of understanding such claims is that humanitarian intervention is illegal since existing primary rules of international law prohibit such intervention. READ MORE

  3. 2. Humanitarian interventions without Security Council authorization - A third exception to the prohibition on the use of force?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Ludvig Forfang Righard; [2022]
    Keywords : Public international law; Humanitarian intervention; Responsibility to Protect; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : År 1994 såg det internationella samfundet passivt på medan uppskattnings-vis 800 000 människor förlorade sina liv i ett folkmord i Rwanda. Fem år senare inledde NATO en militär intervention i Kosovo med argumentet att det rörde sig om en "humanitär intervention". READ MORE

  4. 3. Economic sanctions for peace: The non-violent option for whom?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Arita Halili; [2021]
    Keywords : economic sanctions; conflict intensity; non-military international intervention; humanitarian intervention; conflict resolution; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : There is a consensus in previous research that economic sanctions have a low level of effectiveness in reaching objectives. Despite this, economic sanctions are consistently used to reach different international goals. In later years, economic sanctions have become one of the most common actions in response to foreign conflict and terrorism. READ MORE

  5. 4. The European Union and Famine Crimes in Yemen : A Case Study of EU Arms Export to Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Adrie Danique Koehoorn; [2021]
    Keywords : Yemen; famine crimes; European Union; arms export;

    Abstract : The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a man-made famine. The concept of famine crimes has been introduced to problematise and criminalise conduct that leads to the creation of famine. READ MORE

  6. 5. The responsibility to protect - A foundation for making exceptions to the general prohibition on the use of force?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Kajsa Lindersköld; [2019]
    Keywords : The responsibility to protect; public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : År 2001 publicerade den Internationella Kommission för Intervention och Statssuveränitet (ICISS) en rapport om den så kallade doktrinen om skyldigheten att skydda (responsibility to protect, R2P). Enligt kommissionen innebär doktrinen att det internationella samfundet genom FN har en skyldighet att ingripa i situationer då människor utsätts för grova brott mot mänskliga rättigheter. READ MORE