Humanitarian Intervention
Resolution Text
| Category: | Human Rights | Strength: | Strong | Proposed By: | Gwenstefani |
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Description:
WHILST RECOGNISING that UN Proposal #49 on the Rights and Duties of UN States defends the rights of national sovereignty and non-intervention;
IT IS ALSO NOTED that Art. 11 declares that "the sovereignty of each UN Member State is subject to the supremacy of international law";
CONSIDERING further the UN’s commitment to the upholding of human rights, and that The Universal Bill of Rights (UNP #26) establishes that "All human beings must not be subjected to torture or to cruel or inhuman treatment or punishment" and that "any persons who violate any of these articles shall be held accountable by the law";
RECOGNISING that a major purpose of states and governments is to protect and secure the human rights of their people, and that governments who seriously violate these rights undermine the one reason that justifies their political power,
ASSERTING that, as stated in the Eon Convention on Genocide (UNP #83), genocide is a “heinous crime”, a “crime against all people”, and “a crime that exceeds the jurisdiction of any one nation. Those who commit genocide should be brought to justice by the international community”.
THUS ARGUES that such governments committing such violations, in contradiction to international law, should therefore not be protected by international law;
CALLS for the introduction of a right of humanitarian intervention, defined as "the proportionate international use or threat of military force, undertaken by a multilateral force with UN authorisation, aimed only at ending tyranny or genocide or extreme cases of human rights abuses on a grand scale*, welcomed by the victims, and consistent with the doctrines of consequence, intention and proportionality". (* e.g. genocide, ethnic cleansing or other extreme human rights violations.)
Such violations may be brought to the UN’s attention by any coalition of nations (minimum of 2) with a plan for intervention. The case will then be assessed by a Pretenama Panel as described in the Eon Convention. They will be advised by impartial and independent human rights experts, (e.g. from human rights international non-governmental organisations,) but it will be the UN committee who votes on whether an action is appropriate. The panel will also assess the applicant’s plans for interventions, and make amendments where necessary, as well as placing strict limits, guidelines, and targets on their actions. Nations who gain UN approval to intervene are also obligated to provide post-intervention state rebuilding, plans for which are also subjected to UN evaluation.
- Votes For: 11,569
- Votes Against: 5,957
- Implemented: Mon Feb 14 2005
