UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?

This paper draws on the solidarist international society theory to illustrate both the moral obligation and legal right of the United Nations to react to ‘crimes of humanity’- where states committing atrocities against human rights disqualify the protection of the principles of sovereignty, non-inte...

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Main Author: Goh, Ivy Ming Lee.
Other Authors: Emmers, Ralf
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Published: 2008
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-144672020-11-01T08:09:28Z UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope? Goh, Ivy Ming Lee. Emmers, Ralf S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations This paper draws on the solidarist international society theory to illustrate both the moral obligation and legal right of the United Nations to react to ‘crimes of humanity’- where states committing atrocities against human rights disqualify the protection of the principles of sovereignty, non-intervention and non use of force. In the face of ‘supreme humanitarian emergencies’, the UN, as a “teacher of norms”, as an “agent of democratic transitions”, and as “an agency for collective legitimization of state action”, is Third World’s best hope. Master of Science (International Relations) 2008-11-13T09:20:25Z 2008-11-13T09:20:25Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14467 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Goh, Ivy Ming Lee.
UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
description This paper draws on the solidarist international society theory to illustrate both the moral obligation and legal right of the United Nations to react to ‘crimes of humanity’- where states committing atrocities against human rights disqualify the protection of the principles of sovereignty, non-intervention and non use of force. In the face of ‘supreme humanitarian emergencies’, the UN, as a “teacher of norms”, as an “agent of democratic transitions”, and as “an agency for collective legitimization of state action”, is Third World’s best hope.
author2 Emmers, Ralf
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author Goh, Ivy Ming Lee.
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title UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
title_short UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
title_full UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
title_fullStr UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
title_full_unstemmed UN peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
title_sort un peacekeeping & peacebuilding missions : first world's trojan horse, or third world's best hope?
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