Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention

NATO’s action in Kosovo constitutes the most important modern precedent for the legitimacy of unauthorized humanitarian intervention in appropriate cases. The article briefly examines the fact and shows that NATO countries evinced humanitarian intent. It then discusses the arguments against the le...

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Autor principal: Fernando R. Teson
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Publicado: Amsterdam Law Forum 2012
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:303935b8a587427a8285aac7c7db26662021-12-02T02:43:33ZKosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention1876-8156https://doaj.org/article/303935b8a587427a8285aac7c7db26662012-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs.ubvu.vu.nl/alf/article/view/62https://doaj.org/toc/1876-8156NATO’s action in Kosovo constitutes the most important modern precedent for the legitimacy of unauthorized humanitarian intervention in appropriate cases. The article briefly examines the fact and shows that NATO countries evinced humanitarian intent. It then discusses the arguments against the legitimacy of the intervention and finds them wanting. In particular, critics of the intervention fail to explain why the incident is discarded as state practice. The article claims that world reaction to Kosovo, as well as appropriate interpretation of applicable law, confirm the validity of the precedent.Fernando R. TesonAmsterdam Law Forumarticleinternational law, humanitarian intervention, responsibility to protect, independence, human rights law, Kosovo, Russia, Georgia, Putin, R2P,LawKENAmsterdam Law Forum, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 42-48 (2012)
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topic international law, humanitarian intervention, responsibility to protect, independence, human rights law, Kosovo, Russia, Georgia, Putin, R2P,
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spellingShingle international law, humanitarian intervention, responsibility to protect, independence, human rights law, Kosovo, Russia, Georgia, Putin, R2P,
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Fernando R. Teson
Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention
description NATO’s action in Kosovo constitutes the most important modern precedent for the legitimacy of unauthorized humanitarian intervention in appropriate cases. The article briefly examines the fact and shows that NATO countries evinced humanitarian intent. It then discusses the arguments against the legitimacy of the intervention and finds them wanting. In particular, critics of the intervention fail to explain why the incident is discarded as state practice. The article claims that world reaction to Kosovo, as well as appropriate interpretation of applicable law, confirm the validity of the precedent.
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title Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention
title_short Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention
title_full Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention
title_fullStr Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Kosovo: A Powerful Precedent for the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention
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