Humanitarian Intervention After Kosovo »

AIDAN HEHIR is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, UK. Previously he worked at the University of Limerick and the University of Sheffield. He has published in a number of academic journals.

When should the international community intervene to prevent suffering within sovereign states? This book argues that since Kosovo, the normative thesis has failed to influence international politics, as evidenced by events in Iraq and Darfur. This critique rejects realism and offers a new perspective on this important issue.

1 Introduction: The Humanitarian Intervention Controversy 1

2 International Law, Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention 13

3 The Normative Thesis and Operation Allied Force 33

4 Humanitarian Intervention after Kosovo 53

5 The Normative Flaws 76

6 The Dangers of Unregulated Humanitarian Intervention 97

7 Regulating Humanitarian Intervention: The Need for Redirection 117

8 Conclusion: Sovereignty, Human Rights and the Integrity of International Law 145

Notes 155

Bibliography 180

Index 190