POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Humanitarian Law
23 Dec 2016
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Public international law-law that governs states-states act in a way that imposes rights and obligations. Feldman- several issues he raised, 1) talks about the use of force, tightly regulated, he points that use of force unless there is self-defense argument or un sc approved action - none applied for us in syria. Equality of states in ir order questionable. Points out two reasons do not give us right to bomb syria- He uses another argument-responsibility to protect to those suffering human rights violations- Kosovo 1999-nato used forced -people thought it would be third way to justify force. Answer: combat isis, us needs russia- good example political realities do not match up. Acknowledges ir not a perfect solution to problems but promotes order, acknowledges importance of un, much better to have system of ir where everyone is present, importance of borders solutions to these problems-improve the law.
