Do humanitarian interventions undermine state sovereignty? Is there potential for abuse when countries engage in humanitarian interventions? Explain why.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The definitions of sovereignty and humanitarian intervention.
2. Sovereignty is the premise that each state has complete authority and is the ultimate source of law within its own boundaries.
3. "The United Nations General Assembly (in 2005) and Security Council (in 2011) explicitly asserted a collective "responsibility to protect" (R2P) people by humanitarian intervention when a government does not safeguard its own peoples' lives, particularly in cases of large-scale state violence against its population, such as ethnic cleansing, violent repression of peaceful protest, or extensive use of imprisonment without due process (Evans 2009)."
4. Humanitarian interventions may undermine state sovereignty since state sovereignty and territorial integrity are central premises of international law. If a state interferes in the internal activities of another state without that state's consent, that is a violation of exclusive internal jurisdiction.
5. "Humanitarian intervention, when associated with severe economic sanctions and military invasion, can cause more harm to the population than the human rights violations that prompted these actions. Military intervention can produce disproportionate levels of violence, and the situation after intervention can be highly unstable and dangerous (Pattison 2012)."
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