PEACE ST 2B03 / WOMEN'S ST 2A03 / LABR ST 2W03 (2010/11) Lecture 6: Humanitarian Intervention

8/7/2019 PEACE ST 2B03 / WOMEN'S ST 2A03 / LABR ST 2W03 (2010/11) Lecture 6: Humanitarian Intervention

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Outline

Approaches

Complexities and challenges Criticisms

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Hague Convention

1899, 1907

Creation of an international court for arbitration

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Geneva Convention

1864, 1906, 1931, & 1949

International law standard for the treatment ofvictims of war

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Responsibility to protect

Mutually exclusive?

Ideology & Foreign Policy

Intervention & Neutrality

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An unpleasant truth often overlooked is that although

war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it canresolve political conflicts and lead to peace.

Edward Luttwak (1999)

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...peacekeeping can both encourage and underminerespect for human rights.

Amanda Murdie & David Davis (2010)

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Iraq 1990-

Economic Sanctions

http://www.life.com/image/1607370

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When asked on US television if she thought that thedeath of half a million Iraqi children [from sanctions inIraq] was a price worth paying, [Madeline Albright, USSecretary of State] replied: This is a very hard choice,but we think the price is worth it.

John Pilger (2000)

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For Wednesday

Can the use of force be a appropriate aspect of

humanitarian intervention? Can if reduce suffering?

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For Thursday

What are some of the implications and challenges of

an expectation of intervention? What are some of the implications of the imposition

of a settlement? What might be implemented toaddress this?

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Citations & further reading

Alex Bellamy & Paul Williams (2010) Understanding Peacekeeping, 2nd Edition,Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.

Edward Luwak (1999) Give war a chance, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78, No. 4: 36-44.

Amanda Murdie and David R. Davis (2010) Problematic Potential:e HumanRights Consequences of Peacekeeping Interventions in Civil Wars, Human RightsQuarterly, Volume 32, Number 1. pp. 49-72.

John Pilger (2000) Squeezed to Death, e Guardian, 4th March.hp://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2000/mar/04/weekend7.weekend9

David S. Nye & David A. Welch (2009) Understanding Global Conict and Cooperation: anIntroduction toeory and History, Eight Edition, Longman.

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Image sources

Mike Konopacki. 2000. If there was justice in the world, 2000 http://www.veggies.org.uk/calendar/2000.htm

Human Rights Champions, 2001 http://invisiblecollege.weblog.leidenuniv.nl/2007/03/11/who-wants-to-be-the-

new-human-rights-cha

Which do you pet, which do you eat? http://www.meatout.org/action/outreach.htm

Shane T. McCoy, Detainees at Camp X-Ray, 11 January 2002. Image in the domain image http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Camp_x-ray_detainees.jpg

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