Abstract:This chapter traces the international practice of humanitarian intervention from its conceptual and practical inceptions to its current form. After specifying what we mean when we talk about humanitarian intervention, it outlines how ideas around this practice transformed from the late sixteenth century until they supposedly celebrated their heyday after the Cold War in a so-called "rules-based international order." This chapter proceeds to highlight certain critiques of humanitarian intervention based on noti… Show more
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