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Human Rights and Peace Building
Peace building and crimes against nature. The toxic legacy of ‘humanitarian
intervention’
Dr John Karamichas (SSESW)
Peace building and crimes against nature.
The toxic legacy of ‘humanitarian
intervention’
 Peace building and crimes against nature. The toxic legacy of ‘humanitarian
intervention’
 Some questions:
1. When, if ever is a just war?
2. Can we justify refusing to fight in such a war?
3. How do we commemorate the fallen of a war in times of peace?
 Two clusters:
1. Human rights
2. Peace building
Humanitarian intervention: examining
cases of war
 Kosovo 1998-1999 – a
humanitarian war-without UN
approval
 Extensive use of depleted
Uranium and cluster bombs
Humanitarian intervention: examining
cases of war
 Iraq 1: Invasion of Kuwait (1990) –
Refusal to withdraw after
requested by the United NationsUN authorised military intervention
by a coalition led by the United
States. Blowing of oil wells and
extensive use of uranium
weapons.
Humanitarian intervention: examining
cases of war
 Iraq 2 (2003): pretext developing
weapons of mass destruction.
 Never fully justified
 Extensive use of depleted
uranium weapons by the coalition
of the willing.
Environmental and ecological Justice
 From genocide to ecocide
 Is there an equalising effect?
 The role of sociology.
 Two courses
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