LAWS259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Eastern Bloc, K-Pop, Roméo Dallaire
14 Jul 2020
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Week 9 international law and the use of force. Despite humanity"s efforts, the scourge of international armed conflict is yet to be eradicated. This topic examines the general prohibition on the use or threat of force, as well as exceptions to that rule in cases such as self-defence or when military action is authorised by the united. It also looks at situations that raise difficult legal and moral questions, such as the disputed right to anticipatory self-defence, as well as military interventions against oppressive regimes or to prevent humanitarian disasters. Use of force is ever justified, sometimes might not be the use of force but the lack of defence. [at] its heart the rwandan story is the failure of humanity to heed a call for help from an endangered people. While most nations agreed something should be done, they all had an excuse why they should not be the ones to do it.
