POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Collective Security, Humanitarian Intervention, International Security
15 May 2016
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Political science 1g06 2016 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. Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the members to submit such matters to settlement under the present. Charter : un puts limits on what they can do as an international organization. States should not be allowed to interfere with the affairs of other states: effectively renders war illegal, baked into the un charter. Not just about national autonomy, but creating an international system of collective security. 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.
