Intervention in Cases of Genocide
Pol 348 | Term Paper |
Jacob TwoTwo | | 301124186 | 11/6/2012 |
Section: D101
Should 'Western ' countries use military intervention to stop genocidal repression in weaker states, or is it an infringement of the sovereign rights of U.N. members to territorial integrity and political independence.
Genocide is terribly crime against humanity that leaves immeasurable devastation in its wake. Stopping genocide and protecting human life should have much more importance than arbitrary laws of sovereignty. This essay will argue for intervention for cases that are deemed acts of genocide by the collective international community led by Western developed nations. Cases such as the Holocaust, and the Rwandan Genocide will be discussed to emphasize the impact genocide has on the world explaining how if intervention was taken the loss of life could have been prevented and future conflict avoided. Another argument in this essay will discuss why sovereignty is an earned right for a nation and should have certain conditions if expected to be respected. The bulk of this paper will then turn to the history of African conflict exploring it’s relation with Western colonization and Multi-National Corporations. Finally, I will give my opinion on just why Western nations have a responsibility and duty to protect people from acts of genocide.
Genocide leaves a large negative impact on the planet. If past acts of genocide could have been prevented maybe some modern problems could have also been avoided. The systematic killing of 11 million civilians during the Nazi regime is probably the most famous act of genocide in human history in fact the term genocide was invented to explain the brutality of the events (Stein 1964). 6 million of the casualties were of Jewish origin (approximately two thirds of Europe’s entire Jewish population) as Nazi bureaucracy and propaganda targeted this group heavily0 (Stein 1964). The spread of anti-Semitism across Europe played a
Jacob TwoTwo | | 301124186 | 11/6/2012 |
Section: D101
Should 'Western ' countries use military intervention to stop genocidal repression in weaker states, or is it an infringement of the sovereign rights of U.N. members to territorial integrity and political independence.
Genocide is terribly crime against humanity that leaves immeasurable devastation in its wake. Stopping genocide and protecting human life should have much more importance than arbitrary laws of sovereignty. This essay will argue for intervention for cases that are deemed acts of genocide by the collective international community led by Western developed nations. Cases such as the Holocaust, and the Rwandan Genocide will be discussed to emphasize the impact genocide has on the world explaining how if intervention was taken the loss of life could have been prevented and future conflict avoided. Another argument in this essay will discuss why sovereignty is an earned right for a nation and should have certain conditions if expected to be respected. The bulk of this paper will then turn to the history of African conflict exploring it’s relation with Western colonization and Multi-National Corporations. Finally, I will give my opinion on just why Western nations have a responsibility and duty to protect people from acts of genocide.
Genocide leaves a large negative impact on the planet. If past acts of genocide could have been prevented maybe some modern problems could have also been avoided. The systematic killing of 11 million civilians during the Nazi regime is probably the most famous act of genocide in human history in fact the term genocide was invented to explain the brutality of the events (Stein 1964). 6 million of the casualties were of Jewish origin (approximately two thirds of Europe’s entire Jewish population) as Nazi bureaucracy and propaganda targeted this group heavily0 (Stein 1964). The spread of anti-Semitism across Europe played a
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