Authorized Humanitarian Intervention and Its Problems in International Law

Abstract

After the end of the cold war the situation changed and the United NationsSecurity Council authorized many interventions on humanitarian on humanitarian basis. The SC considered internal conflict and violation of human rights as a threat to international peace and security invoking collective use of force rules of the charter hitherto, there were no proper rules for the consideration of the issue and many cases of humanitarian catastrophe were left untouched. Likewise, self interest of the intervening states was bold in many interventions. The problem of double standard and selectivity may also not be ignored by consideration of the NATO intervention in Kosovo as illegal but legitimate the situation worsened, and it led to the creation of the ICISS and the formation of its repost the R2P. The new idea of responsibility to protect, inter alia emphasized on the responsibility of the states to protect its citizens. Likewise, it required that if the state failed to carry on its responsibility. The responsibility would transfer to international community. It changed the debate from right to intervene to that of responsibility to protect (R2P) almost a new name for HI but with a decorated from.