...DOES HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION HELP RESOLVE CONFLICTS? CASE STUDY ON THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. INTRODUCTION This essay will point out the definition of humanitarian intervention and the lack of definition or misinterpretation of the legality of humanitarian intervention. It will give a historical description on the nature of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the exploitation of the country and the main instigators fuelling this conflict. It will analyse the humanitarian intervention efforts by the international community and how has it helped in the conflict resolutions to protect the nation’s citizens. It will also give you the different organisations, a description of the contributions the international community are trying to achieve to alleviate the suffering of the population as well as the measures to help the nation from ceasing the continuation of this ongoing conflict. The definition of what constitutes humanitarian intervention can be questioned both legally, morally and politically, it has been defined as a states use of military force against another state or within the state, aim at ending human rights violations but should be best understood as intervening without military force to alleviate mass human suffering within sovereign borders. (Wikipedia, 25th Sep 2013) Another excellent definition as stated by Holzgrefe, J.L is a “threat or use of force across state borders by a state (or group of states) aimed at...
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...the United Nations intervene in the affairs of another state? Do we have a moral and ethical duty for intervention when a political regime is harming its own citizens? Is it legal under International law for a state to intervene in another state’s territorial and political sovereignty with or without United Nation Security Council’s approval? It is the aim of this essay to examine some of the answers commonly given to these questions. To address the ethical and legal justifiability of intervention this essay will begin by analyzing how we define humanitarian intervention. The second section discusses moral and ethical issue relating to humanitarian intervention. The discussion focuses on the several theories that present a moral case for intervention. It concludes by examining whether international law should affirm a right to humanitarian intervention. The literature on the ethics and legality of humanitarian intervention is filled with disagreement. This essay seeks to identify and critically assess the often unexamined moral and legal assumptions behind these disagreements. Definition of Humanitarian Intervention It is necessary to begin with a clear understanding of the concept to be analyzed. We need then to start by addressing the question, what is humanitarian intervention? And to address this we need to study the definition of humanitarian intervention. “It is the threat or use of force across state borders by a state of group of states, such as the United...
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...de-colonisation is the principle that people or nations have a right of self-determination . The newly decolonised states considered an intervention rule to be contrary to the right of self-determination as it would give powerful states the authority to interfere in their affairs...
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...|HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION | |INTRODUCTION | Humanitarian intervention poses a hard test for any international society built on principles of sovereignty, non-intervention, and the non-use of force. Immediately after the Holocaust, the society of states established laws prohibiting genocide, forbidding the mistreatment of civilians, and recognizing basic human rights. These humanitarian principles often conflict with principles of sovereignty and non-intervention. Sovereign states are expected to act as guardians of their citizens’ security, but what happens if states behave as criminals towards their own people, treating sovereignty as a licence to kill? Should tyrannical states be recognized as legitimate members of international society and accorded the protection afforded by the non-intervention principle? Or, should states forfeit their sovereign rights and be exposed to legitimate intervention if they actively abuse or fail to protect their citizens? Related to this, what responsibilities do other states or institutions have to enforce human rights norms against governments that massively violate them? Armed humanitarian intervention was not a legitimate practice during the cold war because states placed more...
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...States (US) plans to continue to deploy the US military to assist in humanitarian and disaster relief, significant investment toward training and planning for that mission is needed. On Sept. 16th 2014 the White House announced that it would send over 3,000 US military personnel to assist in the Ebola Response in Liberia. These troops were deployed from and commanded by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) (1). The military teams built 11 Ebola treatment units (ETU), 9 of which never treated a single patient (2). While international leaders, including Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf downplayed the lack of efficacy of the military response, the response’s signature accomplishment, the construction of the ETUs, turned...
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...Humanitarian Intervention Humanitarian Intervention in Kosovo - 1999 Edmund Tan (2014461102) Introduction On 24th March 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched a 78 day long air campaign Operation Allied Force (OAF) over former Yugoslavia, with the intent to stop the Milosevic regime from committing human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing of the Kosovo Albanians in Kosovo. This was a significant event with regards to humanitarian intervention in recent history as it was seen as a new international phenomenon. It was the first time that a group of states intervened without the authorization of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and it was also the first time that NATO used military force to prevent a humanitarian disaster. This event divided the world in their support for or against NATO’s humanitarian intervention in Kosovo. Critics of the intervention felt that NATO was breaking international law in acting without the authority of the UNSC and this could have jeopardized international order should any state or group of states decide to act on their own accord in intervening in a foreign territory in the future. Supporters of the intervention argue that the war gave human rights precedence over the rights of states. According to then Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, even though NATO acted without a direct UN mandate for intervention, they have not acted out of license, aggressiveness or disrespect for international law. NATO has...
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...the international community stepped in in the early weeks of the conflict, it is believed that anywhere from 125,000-600,000 lives could have been saved. This intervention would be plausible given centralised nature of the genocide operation meaning that stemming the violence in Kigali would have stopped the violence around the state by signalling international resistance to the extermination plan, discouraging civilian participation, and placing insurmountable challenges to the Hutu leadership in continuing their genocidal campaign. Even if a minimal intervention was taken weeks into the killing, it is believed that up to 75,000 lives could have been saved. Alternatively, if international leaders continued to reject a military course of action, the US could have provided radio-jamming technology to halt the radio broadcasts that coordinated and perpetuated the atrocities, however this was considered a non-starter by The Pentagon due to the cost of the operation and vulnerability of the equipment in Rwandan airspace. Thus, the international community, and the US in particular, failed to take plausible alternative causes of actions that could have saved thousands of lives. This failure led the international community to reconsider their humanitarian intervention principles, and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) was established. The ICISS formulated a shift away from a “right to intervene” towards a focus on the “Responsibility to Protect...
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...Summative Essay Is human intervention an ideological cover for the pursuit of other objectives? We all know what genocide is. We also heard of Holocaust and its Anne Frank diary. Such inhumane killings should not repeat in the modern history due to its immorality, and that is why we saw humanitarian interventions in Rwanda and Somalia in 1990s. However, it is questionable of what was the real purpose. I believe that humanitarian cause is necessary but not an adequate condition for any act of intervention, which can be shown by case studies. In order, I will discuss the meaning of intervention and its presumed ideologies. I will also list out the possible diplomatic objectives hid behind these actions and their significance compared to the original motives. Intervention and its ideologies: Failure from core objectives Interventions are defined as a use of threats or forces upon another nation to prevent or end violations of human rights occurred within its territory, ‘without the permission of the state within whose territory force is applied’ (Holzgrefe and Keohane, 2003: 18), implying an inevitable breach of sovereignty. We also have the non-violent resolutions such as humanitarian aids and economic sanctions, but the main focus here is on intervention involving armaments. Interventions are rooted from its core ideology: to save people. It is a ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) individuals from being deprived from basic needs, including food, shelter...
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...Running head: PYRAMID Pyramid of Intervention Gregory Boston Grand Canyon University: EDA-561 April 23, 2012 Pyramid of Intervention Ideally, each scholar should be given an equivalent opportunity for education that will lend the appropriate amount of supports that is needed to reach their educational goals and to provide for their academic needs. This right references an individual’s constitutional entitlement and it is the right of each scholar. It is the basis of their right to receive the same free and appropriate instruction as their peers. When scholars are having difficulties accomplishing their academic goals and are not achieving as excepted, adequate supports are to be provided that will promote the integration of the pupil. The Pyramid of Intervention (POI) allows for a process that supports the scholars that continue to struggle to reach designated goals. Pyramid of Intervention is a term that is assigned to apply to systems of support. Such supports collectively collaboratively make available the needed supports for the student that has difficulties using traditional strategies. The mentioned supports and accommodations that may be able to generate a significant difference in the progression of educational achievements of the struggling learner. The author of this essay will attempt to elaborate on the definition and the purpose of the Pyramid of Intervention. It also elaborates on the use of the POI, and the process of creating one for a given district...
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...provided: * Randomized Controlled Trials – An RCT is a study that measures interventions effect by randomly assigning a person or persons to intervene into a program environment where non-intervened groups can be observed as well. * Direct Controlled Trials – Environment factors can be directly controlled to test effectiveness of a weapon system or new technology expected to operate in the environments that are created and directly controlled. * Quasi-Experimental or Comparison Group Studies – those with compared to those without intervention. * Non-Experimental Direct Analysis – may be used to analyze why a program is so effective. More detailed descriptions of these basic assessment methodologies are provided by the author, who goes on to introduce one of the central challenges to developing strong evidence of a program’s effectiveness – VALID measurement of the outcome or impact of a program compared to VALID measurement of what outcomes would have been in the absence of the program. This probably leads to another supported white paper for modeling and simulation. This article goes on to support the RCT and the unique advantage it has to allow for the evaluation of the intervention itself, as opposed to other factors, that cause the observed outcomes. With large enough numbers in the intervention group, there can be no doubt that the observed differences are attributable to the intervention RCT. The random selection is...
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...The intervention session will take place at an acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital – BESTRehab. The supplies needed includes an adjustable table, chair, washcloth, a variety of bathing items (shampoo, conditioner, loofah, and a towel), a video made by the occupational therapist or found online of an individual pushing a washcloth across a table, a device such as a computer to play the video, and an educational handout. The client will first be educated on what neuroplasticity is, followed by how engaging in action-observation training will further enhance the neuroplasticity of the brain. The client will also be informed on the importance of watching their hand when they are moving, because by doing this it will further increase the client’s...
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...uses of Scripture in counseling? Scripture is the Word of God and is a fountain of wisdom. In the book of Hebrew says “the word of God is alive and active.” The most important therapeutic uses of scripture are: when personal problems arise, for example when there are feelings of guilt, anxiety, when there is suffering, trauma, stress and depression. Another therapeutic use of scriptures is in interpersonal conflicts, for example resentment family issues, marriage issues. Another important therapeutic use of the scriptures are when unfortunate events occur, for example the loss of a love one, financial problems, crisis caused by catastrophes. According to McMinn (1996) some counselors advocate using Scripture as a Therapeutic intervention for recovery groups with codependence problems, to help couples recover from sexual affairs, in child therapy using Narrative therapy and cognitive therapy using Scripture memory and meditation. In the book of Timothy, Paul says: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work”. In the book of Philippians 4:8 say “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praise worthy think about such things.” What are some cautions or possible negative impacts regarding the use of...
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...needs to be represented by a single person or multiple people everyone must communicate through the means of interventions, so that we can identify were mistakes are made and break downs in workflow occur. The three interventions identified are team design, training strategies, and leadership. Team design is important because of the individuals during nurses b’s teamwork mentioned on how they did not want to do specifics “we won’t do that again”. If people are not wanting to do specific things then other people on her team need to be cross trained. This is where training strategies falls into place to where each staff member can do different jobs. Components of team training that have the most effects on teamwork are cross-training, team coordination, and adaptation training (Salas, 2007). Nurse b explains on running around trying to get different things done to satisfy doctor’s needs. In all cases cross-training has helped out in healthcare clinics across the globe. Team cross-training is used to improve knowledge to adapt quickly in issues that arise in healthcare settings (Strang, 2012). It seems nurse b wants some structure within her team. This is where leadership as an intervention falls into place. Leadership must come up with a structure to make their team run smoothly. Teams have become dependent on components on organizational structure like interventions in hopes of facilitating performance gains of their teams (Shuffler, 2011). If nurse b had organizational...
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...focus of treatment. Indications to intervene 1. The intervention has the potential to increase the child’s comfort level (or decrease their discomfort). 2. The purpose of intervening can be clearly identified. 3. Reduction of parental anxiety could arise from the intervention. 4. Any harm that might result from intervening (e.g. increased discomfort or risk of liver damage) has been balanced against the expected benefits. 5. Symptoms associated with fever which may respond to nursing intervention include: • Flushing of the skin • Skin feels warm to touch • Thirst • Sweating • Headache • Weakness and aching of body parts • Irritability or restlessness • Dehydration associated with vomiting and or diarrhoea 6. In the case of high temperatures disorientation and convulsions may also be observed PROCEDURE To enable the effectiveness of interventions to be assessed, a baseline temperature should be taken before implementing any care. 1. Assess the need to intervene Interventions should be directed toward reducing the child’s discomfort, not the fever. Interventions should always be assessed in terms of potential risks. 2. In the first instance: • • • Remove excess clothing or wrappings. Light clothing an bedding is preferred Ensure air can circulate around the child. Do not use fans or direct air conditioner on to the child. Encourage fluids - 1/24 during the day If the child shivers, cover until shivering ceases These interventions support the body’s physiological response to infection...
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...month wait before being seen unless it is an emergency and harm may happen. If the thought of immediate harm is going to happen there are immediate services provided. The population severed is people who need counseling in different areas. The counseling is geared towards women who are victims of domestic violence. This is where a woman can receive counseling to remove themselves from the abuse and have shelter for themselves and their children. It is not limited to just women. There are programs for men and teens to receive the help they need. Other services that are available are; clinical services which are marital or family counseling, anger management support groups, parenting classes, crisis intervention such as 24 hour sexual assault hot line, child abuse intervention grief counseling following a homicide, support groups for teens and also post –traumatic stress debriefing for groups affected by violence. Another service that is provided is economic independence. This service provides people with tools to budget money or money management education. This service helps people learned how to have economic independency. There are also services provided for people who need help prevent the possibility for foreclosure There is no referral process in place but in some situations there can be...
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