What is the Right to Protect?
Often times debate motions ask us to consider whether a country should intervene in a humanitarian crisis. Some examples include: This House would intervene in South Sudan. This House would intervene in Syria. This House would intervene in Venezuela. This House would intervene in Myanmar. All are topics that you should consider and think about benefits/cons to intervention. However, some of the legal justification that surrounds intervention could help you formulate your argument. Below is a bit of background provided under the right to protect legal principles. Background: Following events like Somalia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Srebrenica, and others, it is clear that the international community requires tools to think about international relations and how to intervene and when to intervene in conflicts. The authority of the state over its citizen's is not absolute. Sovereignty is not merely about control it is also about responsibility. Elements of th...