abstract:Humanitarian intervention has been defined as a state's use of "military force against another state when the chief publicly declared aim of that military action is ending human-rights violations being perpetrated by the state against which it is directed."Marjanovic, Marko (2011-04-04) Is Humanitarian War the Exception?
The secondsectionaddresses the problems of humanitarianintervention looking at both Westernand Chinese thought on this topic and examining the Crusades and United NationsPeacekeeping.