Pros And Cons Of Humanitarian Intervention

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Introduction:
The paradigm of human security emerged after that cold-war era when it was thought that humans should be given more importance than the state and hence the security of the former would be a direct consequence of the later. It focuses to support individuals by means of a people-centered approach for overcoming disparities that disturb human safety.
Humanitarian intervention motivated by human security is an important aspect for any developed country to ponder upon, if it is devising its international policy. In this paper the author will try to look at the pros and cons of such an intervention.
In a situation of peace, a state is responsible for the security of the people, but on the contrary when a state turns against its own people and violates the norms of human rights, does it become the responsibility of the international community to breach the sovereignty? If Responsibility to Protect (R2P) approach results in a safer society or it results in causing more disparities? The author will try to approach these questions in relation to a case study on UN resolution on Libyan humanitarian intervention.
Hypothesis:
Human Security is at stake due to Humanitarian Intervention
Human Security Approach:
Individuals would not be defenseless if their necessities and needs are identified by their governments, they may not feel threat to their livesor to their survival. In an ideal world the governments would and should fulfill the requirements of its individuals so that the scope of threat and insecurity does not exist.
Humanitarian intervention:
Humanitarian intervention is termed as the use of military power to intervene on another state without the endorsement of its rulers for the sake of safeguard and defense for civili...

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...are committed by the regime in opponents to its civiliansthis situation where the internal violence of regimes cannot handle all the severe condition then the mandatory power like United Nations security Council may give permission of military interventions to intervene on those areas where the situation needs to be intervened or where the treat of aggression, violence appear and danger to international peace and stability. Security Council can only allow the use of force or military intervention for the goals of peace and stability to stop violence. Humanitarian intervention is the biggest threat to human security. There are a huge amount of mass atrocities occurred due to humanitarian intervention. There are a lot of human rights violations like women rights violation, dozens of causalities as well as destruction of infrastructure occurred by these interventions.

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