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Humanitarian intervention 1990–5: a need to reconceptualize?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1997

OLIVER RAMSBOTHAM
OLIVER RAMSBOTHAM
Affiliation:
Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Abstract

In the past, the key question about humanitarian intervention has been: if governments violate the basic human rights of their citizens, should other governments intervene forcibly to remedy the situation? Since the end of the Cold War the key question has been: if internal conflicts cause unacceptable human suffering, should the international community develop collective mechanisms for preventing or alleviating it?

Type
Research Article
Information
Review of International Studies , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 445 - 468
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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