Evolution of Humanitarian-Intervention in International Law

Cian Moran, Ph.D. (2022), University of Galway, is a serving naval officer with the Irish Defence Forces. He has published several articles in the fields of international law with a focus on international law and the use of force. In addition to his PhD, Cian holds an LLM in International Law from the University of Nottingham, an LL.B. in Law from the University of Galway, a diploma in Irish(Gaelic) from the University of Galway and a BSc in Nautical Science from Munster Technological University.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsAcronymsCases1 Introduction1 Research Question2 Methodology and Structure2 The Role of Humanitarian-Intervention in Customary International Law1 Humanitarian-Intervention, the UN Charter and Customary International Law2 The Origins of Humanitarian-Intervention3 Humanitarian-Intervention in the Ottoman Empire1 Humanitarian-Intervention in Greece 18271.1 Inaction and Intervention in Greece1.2 Humanitarian-Intervention and Greece2 Humanitarian-Intervention in Ottoman Syria 18602.1 The Maronite-Druze Civil War of 18602.2 French Intervention2.3 Humanitarian-Intervention and Syria3 Humanitarian-Intervention in Bulgaria 18773.1 The Bulgarian Rebellion of 18763.2 Britain and the Bulgarian Rebellion3.3 Russia and the Bulgarian Rebellion3.4 The Conference of Constantinople and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–18783.5 Humanitarian-Intervention and Bulgaria4 Humanitarian-Intervention in the Nineteenth Century4 Humanitarian-Intervention in the Twentieth Century1 Humanitarian-Intervention in East Pakistan, 19711.1 The Indo-Pakistan War of 19711.2 Humanitarian-Intervention and East Pakistan2 Humanitarian-Intervention in Cambodia, 19782.1 The Vietnam-Cambodia War2.2 Humanitarian-Intervention and Cambodia3 Humanitarian-Intervention in Uganda 19793.1 Uganda under Idi Amin3.2 The Ugandan-Tanzanian War of 19793.3 Humanitarian-Intervention and Uganda4 Humanitarian-Intervention during the Cold War5 Humanitarian-Intervention in the Post Cold War Era1 Humanitarian-Intervention in Iraq and Operation Provide Comfort 19911.1 The Iraqi Kurds1.2 Operation Provide Comfort1.3 Humanitarian-Intervention and Operation Provide Comfort2 The Rwandan Genocide and Operation Turquoise 19942.1 The UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda (unamir)2.2 The Rwandan Genocide2.3 Operation Turquoise3 The Kosovo War and Operation Allied Force3.1 Operation Allied Force3.2 Humanitarian-Intervention and the Kosovo War4 Humanitarian-Intervention in the 1990s5 The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)6 The Libyan Civil War and Operation Unified Protector 20116.1 UN Security Council Resolution 19736.2 Resolution 1973 and the Responsibility to Protect6.3 Legitimacy and the Overthrow of Gaddaffi6.4 Humanitarian-Intervention, R2P and Operation Unified Protector7 The Russia-Ukraine War7.1 Russia’s Annexation of Crimea 20147.2 The Donbas War7.3 Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in 20227.4 The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War7.5 Humanitarian-Intervention and the Russia-Ukraine War6 Conclusion: The Existence of Humanitarian-Intervention under Customary International Law1 The Role of Public Opinion in Humanitarian-Intervention2 The Risks Posed by Humanitarian-Intervention3 The Importance of Multilateralism4 The End of Humanitarian-Intervention?BibliographyIndex