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Intervention in Civil Wars: Effectiveness, Legitimacy, and Human Rights by Chiara Redaelli (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.)

This book investigates the extent to which traditional international law regulating foreign interventions in internal conflicts has been affected by the human rights paradigm. Since the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations, foreign armed interventions in internal conflicts have turned into a common practice. At first sight, it might seem that state practice has developed in a chaotic fashion, however on closer examination, specific patterns emerge. The book charts these patterns by examining the traditional doctrines of intervention and testing them against state practise. The book has two aims. Firstly, it seeks to clarify the current legal framework regulating interventions in internal conflicts. Secondly, it plots the emergence of new trends and investigates whether they are becoming part of positive international law. By taking this dual focus, it offers the first truly comprehensive examination of foreign interventions in internal conflicts.

Intervention in Civil Wars Reviews

Redaelli's book makes an important contribution to the impressive scholarship on the use of force published in the last decade ... as timely as it is interesting. -- John Hursh * Opinio Juris *

About Chiara Redaelli (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.)

Chiara Redaelli is Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard Law School and Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

Table of Contents

PART I SOVEREIGNTY, INTERVENTION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE EVOLUTION OF A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP 1. Interventions in Internal Conflicts in the Pre-Charter Era I. The Use of Force as Crucial Prerogative of State Sovereignty: From Bellum Justum Doctrines to the Right to War A. Just War Doctrines B. The Right to Wage War II. The Emergence of the Principle of Non-intervention as Fundamental Rule Protecting Sovereignty III. Interventions in Internal Conflicts before the General Ban on the Use of Force IV. Concluding Observations 2. Intervention and Use of Force in the United Nations Era I. Interventions in Internal Conflicts II. The Ban on the Use of Force III. Non-intervention, Sovereignty, and Human Rights IV. Concluding Observations PART II INTERVENTIONS IN FAVOUR OF GOVERNMENTS 3. Interventions by Invitation between Legitimacy and Effectiveness I. Intervention by Invitation: The Legal Framework II. Negative Equality or Strict Abstentionism Approach III. The Purpose-based Approach IV. Effectiveness Doctrine: De Facto Control as Requisite to Express a Valid Consent V. Democratic Entitlement Doctrine: The Preference for Democratic Governments VI. Concluding Observations 4. Intervention by Invitation and Governmental (Il)legitimacy: Rethinking the Traditional Approaches I. Governmental Legitimacy: Legitimacy of Origin and Legitimacy of Exercise II. Democratic but Ineffective Governments III. Undemocratic Regimes and Effectiveness IV. The Role of Domestic Constitutional Orders in International Law V. Concluding Observations 5. Interventions in Favour of Governments Committing Gross and Systematic Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law I. Protection of Individuals and Legitimacy: Framing the Discussion II. Illegitimate Governments and the Question of Consent Power III. Limitations to the Possibility to Intervene in Favour of Governments that Commit Gross and Systematic Violations of Human Rights IV. Humanitarian Assistance and the Consent of the Government V. Concluding Observations PART III INTERVENTIONS IN FAVOUR OF REBELS 6. Legitimacy of Rebels in International Law I. National Liberation Movements as Legitimate Representatives of a People II. Legitimising Rebels Outside the Decolonisation Context: New Wine in Old Bottles? III. Concluding Observations 7. Use of Force by and against Legitimate Rebels: Towards the Emergence of a Jus ad Bellum Applicable to Internal Armed Conflicts? I. State Use of Force and Legitimate Rebels II. Legitimate Rebels and the Use of Force III. Concluding Observations 8. Interventions in Favour of Rebels and Human Rights I. Rebels' Recognition and Foreign Interventions II. Helping Rebels in the Exercise of their Right to Self-determination III. Responsibility to Protect and Interventions in Favour of Rebels IV. Concluding Observations 9. Conclusions I. The Shift from Legitimacy to Effectiveness and Back II. The Dangers of Legitimacy III. A Final Word

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NPB9781509947058
9781509947058
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Intervention in Civil Wars: Effectiveness, Legitimacy, and Human Rights by Chiara Redaelli (Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.)
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2022-10-20
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