The Drama of Humanitarian Intervention : Unreliable Narration in an Age of (Ab)use of Human Rights

• Main Author: Natalie Joy Marrer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Institute Publications
• Subjects: international security agenda; security; World war II; human rights; International Court of Justice; conflict security and peacebuilding; international law; United Nation Security Council; governance
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This paper looks at the contentious debate surrounding humanitarian intervention through a critical, narratological lens. By questioning the roles cast and identities constituted, in what could be compared to a theatrical drama, focus is given to the unreliable narration of the most powerful charact...