O'Meara, CJ;
(2017)
Should International Law Recognize a Right of Humanitarian Intervention?
International & Comparative Law Quarterly
, 66
(2)
pp. 441-466.
10.1017/S0020589317000057.
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Abstract
The ongoing Syrian civil war calls for a re-evaluation of using force to protect human rights. This article does not rake over the much-debated issue of whether a right of humanitarian intervention exists as lex lata. Instead, it addresses the little reviewed normative issue of whether the right should exist in international law to support and reflect a pluralistic understanding of sovereignty. Despite advancements in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, this wider fabric of international law preserves Westphalian sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention. It denies any right of humanitarian intervention.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Should International Law Recognize a Right of Humanitarian Intervention? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0020589317000057 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589317000057 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2017. |
| Keywords: | Humanitarian intervention, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, jus ad bellum, sovereignty |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1543628 |
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