Failed Efforts to Reform Humanitarian Intervention System in the United Nations

Year 2017, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 75 - 85, 01.06.2017

Şahin Eray Kırdım

Abstract

The doctrine of humanitarian intervention is one of the most controversial issues in international relations and law. The UN Security Council, acting under its Chapter VII powers, can authorize humanitarian interventions. However, a number of interventions after the Cold War have shown that the political considerations of the five permanent members reduce the effectiveness of humanitarian interventions undertaken by the international community. Scholars who wish to improve this effectiveness have had proposals ranging from trying to remove the veto power of the permanent members in humanitarian intervention discussions to those proposing another cosmopolitan organization that will have a permanent armed force ready to be used in humanitarian crises. This article examines whether or not those proposals are strong enough to give raise any amendment in the humanitarian intervention system. If not, it aims to extract the criteria for the appropriate authority in humanitarian interventions to help future proposals.

Keywords

Humanitarian Intervention, United Nations, Security Council, Veto Power

Birleşmiş Milletlerdeki İnsani Müdahale Sistemini Reform Etmeye Yönelik Başarısız Denemeler

Abstract

İnsani müdahale doktrini,
uluslararası ilişkiler ve uluslararası hukukun en çok tartışılan konularından
biridir. BM Güvenlik Konseyi, BM Şartı VII. Bölüm yetkileri dahilinde,
uluslararası topluluğu insani müdahaleleri gerçekleştirme konusunda yetkilendirebilir.
Ancak, Soğuk Savaş sonrası dönemde gerçekleştirilen pek çok insani müdahalenin
gösterdiği gibi, beş daimi üyenin politik çıkar hesapları uluslararası toplum
tarafından gerçekleştirilen insani müdahalelerin etkisini düşürmektedir. Bu
etkiyi artırmak isteyen akademisyenler, daimi üyelerin insani müdahale
görüşmelerindeki veto yetkisini kaldırmaktan insani krizlerde kullanılmaya
hazır kalıcı bir silahlı kuvvete sahip başka bir kozmopolit örgüt kurmaya kadar
pek çok öneride bulundular. Bu makale, bu önerilerin insani müdahale sisteminde
herhangi bir değişikliğe neden olacak kadar güçlü olup olmadığını
incelemektedir. Makalenin temel amacı, gelecekteki önerilere yardımcı olacağı
ümidiyle, insani müdahalelere yetki vermek gücüne haiz uygun makam için gerekli
olan kriterleri belirlemektedir.    

Keywords

İnsani Müdahale, Birleşmiş Milletler, Güvenlik Konseyi, Veto Yetkisi

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