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Command Of Sovereignty Gives Way To Concern For Humanity, Christine Ellerman
Command Of Sovereignty Gives Way To Concern For Humanity, Christine Ellerman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Note examines the legality of humanitarian intervention by tracing the historical justifications for nonintervention through modern interpretations of the U.N. Charter. Events leading to the change in the U.N. stance on humanitarian intervention are discussed. The Note also sets out criteria for justifiable intervention. The Note concludes that intervention can be justified to the extent that it is carried out for humanitarian purposes.
The Role Of International Organizations In The Implementation Of Human Rights And Humanitarian Law In Situations Of Armed Conflict, David Weissbrodt
The Role Of International Organizations In The Implementation Of Human Rights And Humanitarian Law In Situations Of Armed Conflict, David Weissbrodt
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article will first review how nongovernmental organizations attempt to apply human rights law and humanitarian law during periods of armed conflict. It will next review the practice of one principal inter-governmental organization--the United Nations General Assembly--inciting humanitarian law. Third, this Article will study the reasons why the United Nations and international nongovernmental organizations should or should not refer to humanitarian law in support of their human rights work. Fourth, it will consider the preeminent position in implementing international humanitarian law of the ICRC, a private Swiss organization engaged in various international activities including specific functions provided by international humanitarian …