@article{article_1078100, title={EVALUATION OF NATO INTERVENTION IN KOSOVO BY CRITERIA OF RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT}, journal={Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies}, pages={38–59}, year={2021}, author={Şener, Mustafa Burak}, keywords={Kosova, Koruma Sorumluluğu, İnsani Müdahale, NATO, Meşruiyet}, abstract={During the breakup process of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), the bloody war started first in Croatia and then in Bosnia (1992-1995), then spread to Kosovo. By 1998, a civil war broke out in Kosovo between the Albanian militia forces, the Kosovo Liberation Army, and the Serbian army, police, and militia forces under the identity of Yugoslavia. As a result of the failure of the mediating efforts by the international organizations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had commenced military intervention on March 24, 1999, to stop the increasing civilian deaths and increasing attacks. This intervention of NATO has sparked discussions in both political and academic dimensions but is defined by the Independent International Commission on Kosovo (IICK) as “illegal but legitimate”. Following the NATO intervention, which has been under discussion since the day it was made, the concept of Responsibility to Protect has been accomplished in 2001 with the report prepared by the International Commission for Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS). According to the Responsibility to Protect report, it has set six criteria for a military intervention to be considered legitimate. The report also mentioned that NATO’s intervention in Kosovo contributed to the birth of this concept. In the literature, many scholars claim that is to justify NATO’s intervention in Kosovo. However, the question here is whether NATO’s intervention in Kosovo is in line with the criteria in the report and is legitimate. In this study, Kosovo intervention is evaluated on the Criteria of Responsibility to Protect, which legitimizes military intervention, and examined how appropriate the intervention is to the principles.}, number={2}, publisher={Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Derneği}