Original scientific paper
(Im)permissibility of humanitarian intervention with special references to NATO’s action against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999
Vesna Barić Punda
; Law Faculty, Universtity of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
In this paper the author considers permissibility, i.e. impermissibility of the use of force in international law due to enormous human rights violations (massive crimes against civilian population, ethnic cleansing) within borders of a particular country, as well as viewpoints of scholars in international law on humanitarian intervention, with special consideration of air strikes of NATO armed forces (without any prior authorization of the Security Council) against different targets in Yugoslavia in 1999, and the UN role in maintenance of international peace and security.
Keywords
human rights violations; humanitarian intervention; international law; UN; NATO
Hrčak ID:
35585
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Publication date:
16.4.2008.
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