HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN AFRICA: TOWARDS A NEW POSTURE

dc.creator	Richard Gueli
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:07:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:07:42Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/32-1-133
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/fa19299d035046adb86f10bfca05cc25
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/7823
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/fa19299d035046adb86f10bfca05cc25
dc.description	<p>‘Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.’ - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>1. Introduction</strong></p><p>Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) implicitly recognises the validity of the concept of non-intervention, when it articulates ‘nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorise the [UN] to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state’.1 This principle has been designed to reassure member states of the UN that their sovereign rights are respected, and that they should never become targets of intervention.2 If this is indeed the case, why then bother with the notion of intervention?</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/133
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 32, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Charter of the United Nations (UN)
dc.subject	concept of non-intervention
dc.subject	intervention
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN AFRICA: TOWARDS A NEW POSTURE
dc.type	Article