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245 00 To loose the bands of wickedness :|binternational
intervention in defence of human rights /|cedited by Nigel
S. Rodley
250 1st English ed
260 London :|bBrassey's (UK) ;|aN[ew] Y[ork] :|bDistributed in
North America by the Macmillan Pub. Co.,|c1992
300 xiii, 287 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 "Published in association with The David Davies Memorial
Institute of International Studies."
504 Includes bibliographical references and index
505 0 1. A problem and its dimensions / Peter Calvocoressi -- 2.
Collective intervention to protect human rights and
civilian populations: the legal framework / Nigel S.
Rodley -- 3. 'Safe havens' for Kurds in post-war Iraq /
Lawrence Freedman and David Boren -- 4. Intervention in a
fragmenting state: the case of Yugoslavia / James Cow and
Lawrence Freedman -- 5. Functions and powers, and
inventions: UN action in respect of human rights and
humanitarian intervention / Paul Fifoot -- 6. Military
intervention and UN peacekeeping / Richard Connaughton --
7. Spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar: the financial
crisis at the United Nations / Anthony Parsons -- 8.
Conclusions and recommendations / Anthony Parsons --
Appendix: An Agenda for Peace / Boutros Boutros-Ghali
520 Since the Second World War there have been remarkable
advances in the field of international humanitarian law,
precipitated initially by popular reaction to the genocide
and other gross violations of human rights perpetrated by
Nazi Germany. A major instrument in the protection of
human rights has been the United Nations, whose presence
is generally recognised to be non-threatening and
impartial. Gross violations of human rights not only cause
untold suffering for the victims, but also provoke mass
flights of populations on a scale which increasingly
threatens to destabilise host countries, and ultimately
poses a threat to international peace and security. The
international community tries to cope with the ever
increasing flow of refugees, but remains reluctant to take
coercive measures against the governments directly
responsible for massive abuses of human rights, still
sheltering behind article 2(7) of the UN Charter, which
does not "authorize the United Nations to intervene in
matters which are essentially within the domestic
jurisdiction of any state". Should not governments, in the
light of actual events, now consider whether the price of
non-intervention is too high, not only on humanitarian
grounds, but also because of the escalating costs and the
acute political and social problems posed by these mass
exoduses? Or is the risk of power abuse for political gain
too high because state sovereignty is perceived as
absolute. The focus of this study is essentially a
practical one. It considers what reforms and additional
measures are required to strengthen the UN's capacity to
intervene more effectively on humanitarian issues,
particularly those traditionally excluded from UN action
by article 2(7) of the Charter. Case histories are
included - that of the Kurds in Iraq and the international
reaction to the civil strife in Yugoslavia. Every chapter
tackles issues from differing financial, legal,
philosophical, political and military angles, coming
together to form one in-depth and credible whole
610 20 United Nations
650 0 Intervention (International law)
650 0 Human rights
653 0 International law|aEnforcement (Law)
700 1 Rodley, Nigel S
710 2 David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies
