The problem of who should intervene -- Humanitarian intervention and international law -- Effectiveness and the moderate instrumentalist approach -- An intervener's conduct : humanitarian intervention and jus in bello -- Representativeness and humanitarian intervention -- An intervener's humanitarian credentials : motives, intentions and outcomes -- Assessing current interveners -- Reforms to the agents and mechanisms of humanitarian intervention -- Conclusion : realizing legitimate humanitarian intervention
Summary
This text considers who should undertake humanitarian intervention in response to an ongoing or impending humanitarian crisis. It develops a normative account of legitimacy to assess not only current interveners, but also the desirability of potential reforms to the mechanisms and agents of humanitarian intervention
