IRE205 Humanitarian Intervention

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Fridrichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 P22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed to introduce students to the concept and practice of humanitarian intervention. It will be presented in the context of international law, history of the international system, history of thought and state practice. It will be also discussed in the terms of contemporary and future developments. Emphasis will be on the historical cases of both humanitarian intervention and non-intervention.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able
to discuss humanitarian intervention in its historical and systemic context
to discuss the basic dilemmas of contemporary HIs
analyse a severe humanitarian crisis and following intervention/non-intervention in terms of actors, international context and post-conflict consequences
Syllabus
  • Introduction to humanitarian intervention - definitions, terms, basic dilemmas
  • Humanitarian intervention in the international law and theory
  • The case for non-intervention
  • Humanitarian intervention in the history - from pre-modern to WW1 + case studies (anti-slavery campaign, Armenian genocide, Ottoman empire interventions)
  • Intervention during the Cold War: UN Charter, Security Council, bipolarity + case studies (Vietnam, Tanzania, India)
  • 1990s and the decade of humanitarian intervention - Kurdistan, Rwanda, Kosovo + case studies (Somalia, East Timor, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone)
  • R2P debate, subsequent development, Libya and Syria
  • Worldviews and actors: islam, China, Russia, third-world countries
Literature
    required literature
  • FRIDRICHOVÁ, Kateřina. Humanitarian intervention. In Zdeněk Kříž, Jana Urbanovská. Examining Armed Conflict. Theoretical Reflections on Selected Aspects. 1st ed. Brno: Muni PRESS, 2014, p. 69-86. ISBN 978-80-210-7035-6. info
    not specified
  • The emergence of humanitarian intervention : ideas and practice from the nineteenth century to the present. Edited by Fabian Klose. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016, ix, 364. ISBN 9781107075511. info
  • Humanitarian intervention : a history. Edited by Brendan Simms - D. J. B. Trim. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011, xv, 408. ISBN 9780521190275. URL info
Teaching methods (in Czech)
lectures, class discussion, group work, reading, writing
Assessment methods (in Czech)
1 collaborative project (case study) consisting of research and presentation (10 points presentation, 20 points paper) during the semester (student is required to be present during presentation session)
final essay or final test(16 points)
To pass, student needs to amass 60 points in total. participation (up to 3 points per session - taking form of short written reflexion or a short quiz on assigned reading/ participation in discussion or learning activity)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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