HR100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Just War Theory, Humanitarian Intervention
28 Oct 2020
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Human rights exam: part a: multiple choice **part b: short answer. A: foreign policies are a country"s tools for the promotion of international human rights. Two tools of foregin policy are referred to as carrots" and sticks". Carrots" refers to using cooperative approaches and positive incentives in an effort to promote human rights norms in other countries; diplomacy, foreign aid and development assistance. Sticks" refers to a state making threats or punishments against other states in order to get other states to engage in desired behaviour or to adopt preferred policies. A: humanitarian intervention is the military intervention for the purpose of protecting fundamental human rights. They can be multilateral (involving more than one state, ex. Un"s intervention in somalia in the early 1990"s) or unilateral (a single state, ex. Humanitarian intervention always requires approval from the un security council; approval given when a humanitarian crisis poses a threat to international peace and security.
