Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention : Law and practice in the field - Bruch, Elizabeth M. (NEW YORK Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2016)
Humanitarian intervention constitutes a calculated and uninvited breach of sovereignty (state rights) in the name of humanity (individual rights). Though humanitarian interventions do not necessarily require the employment of military force$1 (Bas they could include, for example, the imposition of sanctions$1 (Bthe term refers normally to situations in which force (or the threat of force) is used. Humanitarian intervention has become a major focus of debate within governments, international organizations, and think tanks and across a variety of academic fields, including international and comparative law, international relations, political science, and moral and political philosophy.s
Keywords: Humanitarian intervention; International law and human rights; Humanitarian intervention