The Debate on Humanitarian Intervention Watanabe Koji When a massive and systematic violation of basic human rights is committed by the authorities of one state‚ can other states intervene forcefully to halt the violation? Since the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO’s) military intervention in Kosovo in 1999‚ the issue of what is now commonly called humanitarian intervention has become one of the most contentious subjects in managing contemporary international relations. Conspicuous in
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Democracy and Human Rights Democracy and human rights are clearly different notions; “they are distinct enough for them to be viewed as discreet and differentiated political concepts.” Whereas democracy aims to empower “the people” collectively‚ human rights aims to empower individuals. Similarly‚ human rights is directly associated with the how of ruling‚ and not just the who‚ which may be the case in an electoral democracy‚ though not in a substantive democracy. Thus‚ “democracies” exist that
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Abstract Humanitarian intervention constitutes one of the largest dilemmas in world politics and international relations today. The dilemma is born out of the conflicting desire for a state to pursue humanitarian intervention and how this act undermines state sovereignty. Even though sovereignty serves as a boundary to prevent the interfering and possibly damaging forces of other states‚ it often serves as an obstacle to humanitarian intervention. This paper will argue that foreign powers do (in
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Philosophy of Human Rights Reading 1. Denis Arnold‚ “The Human Rights Obligations of Multinational Corporations” I have had the opportunity to teach a number of courses on the philosophy of human rights. To supplement the Arnold reading‚ I thought that I would give you some basic background regarding the central philosophical and legal debates over the nature of human rights. What are human rights? Human rights are international norms that help to protect all people everywhere
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Are all human rights universally applicable? If this question were posed to the ancient Greek philosopher and pioneer Plato‚ his response would be something like: “Of course‚ truth and virtue are universal. They are above of any state law. Not for slaves though.” Since then‚ slavery has been almost eliminated and several declarations for human rights have been signed in the name of a “better world.” The word ‘applicable’ indicates that this question is highly normative‚ as none would argue that
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Principles of Public International Law: Coursework Assignment Question: “Law will never really play an effective part in international relations until it can annex to its own sphere some of the matters which at present lie within the domestic jurisdiction of the several states.” Discuss ‘The principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people‚ whether in
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The organization‚ an international trading company‚ periodically conducts an internal survey to assess the engagement and satisfaction of its employees. This year’s survey results show that the majority of staff feels ill-informed about current activities of other departments. In addition‚ the employees are of the opinion that the management board provides too little information about the overall strategy and the clear organizational vision of the company group. The lack of efficient communication
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Council Discussion of North Korean Human Rights Abuses). Anyone seen as opposing the government can be sent to these prison camps. People are being controlled by fear‚ as they do not want to face group punishment. Creative thinking and religious freedom is non existent in North Korea’s controlling society. North Korean citizens can be sentenced to death for “vaguely defined offenses such as ‘crimes against the state’ and ‘crimes against the people’” (Human Rights Watch). These citizens are not subject
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Human Rights in Tibet In 1949‚ newly communist China sent 35‚000 troops to invade Tibet (Tibet Support Group UK 1). The year after that a treaty was made. The treaty acknowledged sovereignty over Tibet‚ but recognized the Tibetan government ’s autonomy with respect to internal affairs. The Chinese violated the treaty on many occasions‚ though. This lead to the National Uprising in 1959‚ and after that‚ the exile of the Dalai Lama‚ spiritual leader of Tibet‚ and many governmental leaders
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Legal Education Siyar (Islamic International Law) Manual on Teaching Islamic International Law (Siyar) ©2008 (UKCLE – 1st Draft Copy) CONTENTS COURSE AIMS & OBJECTIVES COURSE SYLLABUS LECTURES AND TUTORIALS LITERATURE ON SYLLABUS TUTORIAL ESSAYS COURSE MATERIALS COURSE ASSESSMENT TEACHING ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (SIYAR) CONTEMPORARY CASES ON ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW OVERVIEW OF ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (SIYAR) RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY COURSE
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