Discussion: Humanitarian Intervention: Should Outsiders Intervene Militarily to Stop Humanitarian Crises? Rwanda Case Study
Instructions:
After reading the articles and watching the video, please answer the questions.
Please be sure to use evidence from the included sources.
Source 1:
PDF Article: “Should Outsiders Intervene Militarily to Stop Humanitarian Crises?
Source 2:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506
Source 3:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2012/07/19/exp-erin-bill-clinton-rwanda-genocide.cnn
QUESTIONS:
1. When do humanitarian interests override a states’ interest in exercising sovereign control over its internal policies and way of ruling people? Should outsiders Intervene Militarily to Stop Humanitarian Crisis? Explain why yes or no.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of vesting decisions about legality of the humanitarian intervention in the Security Council? If you could design an alternative decision, what would its membership and voting rules be?