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The use of force and the responsibility to protect. A human rights organization's perspective
08/07/2005 By Joanna Weschler
This comment expresses the view of a human rights organization on the use of force and the responsibility to protect.
It holds that the imperative of stopping or preventing genocide or other systematic human rights violations can, sometimes, justify the use of military force.
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Keywords
Human rights Responsibility to protect UNRelated publications
- The Use of Force and the Responsibility to Protect
- UN reform and the responsibility to protect. 2005, the year of reform
Bio author: Joanna Weschler
UN Human Rights Watch Representative since 1994. Her responsibilities include ongoing formulation of HRW's strategy toward the U.N.; review of editorial content of organization's publications related to the U.N.; overseeing and coordinating HRW's staff work with the U.N. bodies, its diplomatic community and the U.N. press corps; speaking to the media on U.N. and human rights related issues; and participating as a speaker in public events and regularly representing HRW at the United Nations Human Rights Commission and several U.N. meetings in New York, Geneva and other locations. MA in Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of Warsaw and MA in Journalism from Columbia University.
