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Rwanda and the Moral Obligation of Humanitarian Intervention (Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights)
Joshua James Kassner
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Paperback. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994. The author contends that the violation of the basic human rights of the Rwandan Tutsis morally obliged the international community to intervene militarily to stop the genocide. Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HPQ; JWLP; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Why the international community should have intervened in Rwanda. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994. 20 years on, Kassner contends that the violation of the basic human rights of the Rwandan Tutsis morally obliged the international community to intervene militarily to stop the genocide. This compelling argument, grounded in basic rights, runs counter to the accepted view on the moral nature of humanitarian intervention. It is a new approach to the intersection of human and sovereign rights that is of tremendous moral, political and legal importance to ... Read more
Why the international community should have intervened in Rwanda. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994. 20 years on, Kassner contends that the violation of the basic human rights of the Rwandan Tutsis morally obliged the international community to intervene militarily to stop the genocide. This compelling argument, grounded in basic rights, runs counter to the accepted view on the moral nature of humanitarian intervention. It is a new approach to the intersection of human and sovereign rights that is of tremendous moral, political and legal importance to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748696277
SKU
V9780748696277
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About Joshua James Kassner
Joshua James Kassner is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Baltimore.
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