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raphael lemkin
polish lawyer of jewish descent who coined the term, genocide. TERM 2
radovan karadzic
DEFINITION 2 supreme commander of the Bosnian Serb Armed Forces and the President of the National Security Council of the Bosnian Serb Army, who was allegedly responsible for the Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica Massacre. TERM 3
cyrus vance and david owen
DEFINITION 3 cyrus vance was the UN Special Envoy to Bosnia, and david owen was the EU represenatative; they negotiated a peace plan for the ending of the War in Bosnia. TERM 4
lothar von trotha
DEFINITION 4 german military commander who conducted the Herero Wars in Namibia, who led the near-extermination of the Herero in 1904-05. TERM 5
romeo
dallaire
DEFINITION 5 UN Force Commander of UNAMIR, went to Rwanda to supervise the implementation of the Arusha Accords. when he got there, the hutu were loaded with weapons that were to be sued for attack on Tutsis. Unfortunately, dallaire was unable to seize the weapons - making the mission a failure.
ratko mladic
Chief of Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army, and was responsible for the Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre - accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. TERM 7
unamir
DEFINITION 7 united nations assistance mission for rwanda - its mission was to implement the Arusha Accords that were supposed to end the rwandan civil war. however, the mission was a failure. TERM 8
republics of yugoslavia
DEFINITION 8 bosnia, croatia, macedonia, montenegro, serbia, slovenia TERM 9
ethnic groups in bosnia
DEFINITION 9 bosnians - muslims, serbs - orthodox christians, croats - catholic christians, distinguished by religious affiliation. TERM 10
guantanamo bay naval
base
DEFINITION 10 united states naval base in cuba with a military prison holding alleged unlawful combatants as detainees. the U.S. holds them there because the prisoners aren't protected the Geneva Conventions.
genocide convention definition
genocide - intent of destroying a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. TERM 17
weinberger/powell doctrine
DEFINITION 17 US doctrine listing points determining when the US could commit troops in military engagements - ex. last resort, vital interest of US/ally, etc. TERM 18
rights, human rights
DEFINITION 18 rights=rectitude, entitlement, human rights - entitlements one has simply for being a human being. TERM 19
negative and positive rights
DEFINITION 19 henry shue - negative rights - security rights, positive rights - subsistence rights. TERM 20
human security
DEFINITION 20 absence of threats, focus on physical safety. different from earlier national concepts of security in that it focuses on the individual as opposed to the whole.
problem of internal legitimacy of
humanitarian intervention
revised discretionary association view - states may owe a duty to non-citizens while putting its own citizens at risk. how can government morally justify humanitarian intervention to its own citizens? TERM 22
coady's criticism against humanitarian
intervention
DEFINITION 22 cautiously optimistic - saying it is a dangerous illusion to think we can solve every problem with military might. TERM 23
substantive and justificatory minimalism
DEFINITION 23 substantive minimalism calls for a shorter list of human rights in otrder to appeal to all political society, endorsing pluralism and tolerance.justificatory minimalism relies solely on autonomously justified human rights devoid of religious or ethical moral views - hoping for a longer list of human rights. TERM 24
treaty bodies
DEFINITION 24 based on human rights treaties, used for treaty application and interpretation, and binding for state parties. ex. CCPR (human rights committee), CESCR (committee on economical, social, cultural rights), CERD (committee on the elimination of racial discrimination), CEDAW (committee on the elimination of discrimination against women), CAT (committee against torture). TERM 25
charter-based
DEFINITION 25 human rights bodies based on the UN charter, for all un member states; human rights council and other bodies.
