FSS:IREb2005 Humanitarian Intervention - Course Information

IREb2005 Humanitarian Intervention

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Kateřina Fridrichová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Kateřina Fridrichová, 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 8:00–9:40 P22

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! IRE205 Humanitarian Intervention && !NOW( IRE205 Humanitarian Intervention )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/30, only registered: 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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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

lectures, class discussion, group work, reading, writing

Assessment methods

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.

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