Humanitarian Intervention: A Universal Standard ?

Mehmet Sercan ERCAN

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................3

2. BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION ....7

2.1 Theory and Definition ............................................................7

2.2 Historical Context of Humanitarian Intervention...................9

3. LIMITATIONS: STATE SOVEREIGNTY VS.

RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT...........................................15

3.1 State Sovereignty..................................................................15

3.2 Limitations ..........................................................................18

4. LEGITIMACY AND MORALITY OF HUMANITARIAN

INTERVENTION.......................................................................20

4.1 Morality of Humanitarian Intervention ................................20

4.2 Legal Assertions of Humanitarian Intervention ...................23

5. RETHINKING HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION............25

5.1 Current Global Context of Humanitarian Intervention ........25

5.2 Humanitarian Intervention and International Law...............28

6. CONCLUSION ..........................................................................34

Bibliography ......................................................................................37