Humanitarian Intervention Does Not Become A Smokescreen...

ensure humanitarian intervention does not become â€Å"a smokescreen for bullies† (Weiss, 2004: 142). This is precisely what the ICISS has achieved with its report Responsibility to Protect. As has been echoed in this essay the ICISS focuses on the notion that with sovereignty comes responsibility, specifically the responsibility to protect human rights (Evans et al., 2001: 12). Thus, it is primarily the duty of the state to uphold human rights. However, â€Å"Where a population is suffering serious harm, as a result of internal war, insurgency, repression or state failure, and the state in question is unwilling or unable to halt or avert it, the principle of non-intervention yields to the international responsibility to protect† (Evans et al., 2001: XI). It is here were the emphasis is drawn to those who need the intervention rather than the nation intervening (Weiss, 2004: 138). This is important, as intervention is no longer a right of the intervening state (i.e. in so far as they can exploit the situation) but rather a responsibility of states to protect those most vulnerable, hence the shift from the terminology of ‘intervention’ to ‘respon sibility’. What this framework consequently does is make the correct weigh up between sovereignty and human rights by creating a connection between the two (Sarkin, 2008: 52). Moreover, this allows for real and effective action to be undertaken for those who require it. It accomplishes this by a precise framework for both the criteria forShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesIndividual Differences 21 Summary 23 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 24 Diagnostic Survey and Exercises 24 Personal Assessment of Management Skills (PAMS) 24 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 28 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 30 SCORING KEY AND COMPARISON DATA 42 Personal Assessment of Management Skills 42 Scoring Key 42 Comparison Data 42 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 43 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 43 PART I 1 PERSONAL SKILLS 44 45 DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS SKILL