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| + | * One argument for protecting sovereignty is that when we intervene it can create more instability. It article uses the Iraq war as an example [https://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/a-decade-later-stability-eludes-iraq/] | ||
===Insights=== | ===Insights=== | ||
| + | * This is a very detailed look at the definition of sovereignty [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sovereignty/] | ||
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===Human rights and crimes against humanity === | ===Human rights and crimes against humanity === | ||
* This is a definition of crimes against humanity according to the International Criminal Court [http://www.crimesofwar.org/a-z-guide/crimes-against-humanity/] | * This is a definition of crimes against humanity according to the International Criminal Court [http://www.crimesofwar.org/a-z-guide/crimes-against-humanity/] | ||
| + | * This is the Human Rights Watch website which allows you to see the human rights conditions in any nation by searching it. [https://www.hrw.org/africa/zimbabwe] | ||
| + | * The Universal Declaration of Human Rights [http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/index.html] | ||
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Contents
Sovereignty and the Right to Protect
Main Topic Questions
- This topic seems to grow out of the Singer Chapter on intervention and the predominance of this issue in the news.
- What are the grounds for intervening in another country's sovereignty to prevent recognized international crimes against humanity from ocurring?
- What sort of international structure (or reform of the UN) is needed to authorize intervention? Should this structure have a standing military?
Research Needs
- Update the Singer reading by looking up recent activity of the international organizations he references.
- Collect arguments and opinions from authoritative sources.
Arguments
- One argument for protecting sovereignty is that when we intervene it can create more instability. It article uses the Iraq war as an example [1]
Insights
- This is a very detailed look at the definition of sovereignty [2]
