POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Humanitarian Intervention, Collective Action, United Nations Charter
14 Oct 2015
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Political science 1g06 2013 ii lecture 9a human rights. A number of competing legal principles are built into the united. Principle 1: state sovereignty and its corollary non-intervention. According to the preamble of the un charter, one of the primary purposes of the organization is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war . One way to do this is to stringently restrict international aggression. There is a proviso at the end of 2(7) which testifies to a second principle contained within the charter. Finishing 2(7): this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under chapter vii. Article 1 of the charter, which establishes the purposes of the un notes, among other goals, promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all . The point is, there are a number of principles that the un charter attempts to balance with one another.
