PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lifesaving, Hutu, Noble Eightfold Path
Document Summary
Dictatorial interference in the affairs of a sovereign state to secure and enforce human rights: non-forcible measures: economic sanctions, withholding aid, funding opposition forcible measures: use of military units inside territory of target state (without gov. t consent) Built on principles of sovereignty, non-intervention and non-use of force. Humanitarian principles often conflict with principles of sovereignty and non- intervention. Kofi annan declared developing international norm to forcibly protect civilians at risk from genocide/mass-killing. States in the global south worry humanitarian intervention is a trojan horse legitimate interference of strong in affairs of the weak. When is it permissible to override state sovereignty to provide or. Sovereignty can be forfeited if it does not protect its citizens. Religious and ethical systems = prevent mass killings and punish perpetrators. Advocates of just war theory argue duty to offer charity to those in need is universal.
