State Sovereignty versus Humanitarian Intervention

What this note covers

1. The Foundation: State Sovereignty as a Principle of World Order
2. The Responsibility to Protect: Reframing Sovereignty as Conditional
3. Kosovo 1999: Humanitarian Intervention Without Security Council Authorisation
4. Syria: R2P's Most Conspicuous Failure
5. The Role of International Institutions: UNSC, ICC, and the General Assembly
6. Evaluating Effectiveness: Law, Politics, and the Limits of R2P
7. Writing Extended Responses: Applying the Tension to HSC Questions

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