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Barely Borders. Bartram S. Brown.

by Brown, Bartram S; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 44Global Issues. Publisher: Harvard International Review, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Aggression (International law) | Exceptionalism (Term) | Human rights | Humanitarian intervention | Iraq War (2003) | Justification | Self-defense (International law) | Sovereignty | United Nations -- CharterDDC classification: 050 Summary: "International law recognizes each state's rights of sovereignty and territorial integrity but cannot guarantee that other states will respect those rights....Due to this weakness, states must often rely upon self-help to protect their rights under international law. The classic form of self-help is self-defense." (HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW) This article outlines some of the fundamental issues facing the international community in 2004: the right to self-defense, intervention on behalf of human rights, intervention and aggression, the UN Charter, justifications for the Iraq war, the difficulty of formulating a clear standard, a human rights perspective on intervention and US exceptionalism.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.

Originally Published: Barely Borders, Spring 2004; pp. 52-57.

"International law recognizes each state's rights of sovereignty and territorial integrity but cannot guarantee that other states will respect those rights....Due to this weakness, states must often rely upon self-help to protect their rights under international law. The classic form of self-help is self-defense." (HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW) This article outlines some of the fundamental issues facing the international community in 2004: the right to self-defense, intervention on behalf of human rights, intervention and aggression, the UN Charter, justifications for the Iraq war, the difficulty of formulating a clear standard, a human rights perspective on intervention and US exceptionalism.

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