One of the genuinely remarkable but relatively unnoticed
developments of the last half-century is the blossoming of an
international humanitarian order - a complex of norms, informal
institutions, laws, and discourses that legitimate and compel
various kinds of interventions by state and nonstate actors with
the explicit goal of preserving and protecting human life. For
those who have sacrificed to build this order, and for those who
have come to rely on it, the international humanitarian represents
a towering achievement cause for sobriety. What kind of
international humanitarian order is being imagined, created and
practiced? To what extent are the international agents of this
order deliverers of progress or disappointment?
Featuring previously published and original essays, this
collection offers a critical assessment of the practices and
politics of global ethical interventions in the context of the
post-cold war transformation of the international humanitarian
order. After an introduction that introduces the reader to the
concept and the significance of the international humanitarian
order, Section I explores the braided relationship between
international order and the UN, whiles Section II critically
examines international ethics in practice. The Conclusion reflects
on these and other themes, asking why the international
humanitarian order retains such a loyal following despite its
flaws, what is the relationship of this order to power and
politics, how such relationships implicate our understanding of
moral progress, and how the international humanitarian order
challenges both practitioners and scholars to rethink the meaning
of their vocations.
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