The Kosovo Intervention By Nato: Within The Scope Of Humanitarian Intervention

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE ............................................................................................... III

TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................... VII

GLOSSARY ............................................................................................ IX

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................ XI

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1

CHAPTER 2: THE USE OF FORCE ................................................... 7

2.1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7

2.2. THE PROHIBITION OF USE OF FORCE BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS .......................................................................... 8

2.2.1. The League of Nations ................................................................ 8

2.2.2. Briand-Kellogg Pact .................................................................. 11

2.3. THE PROHIBITION OF USE OF FORCE IN THE UN CHARTER ....................................................................................... 13

2.4. EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITION ON USE OF FORCE AND RIGHT OF SELF DEFENCE IN THE UN CHARTER .................. 15

2.4.1. Exceptions to the Prohibition on Use of Force ......................... 15

2.4.2. Self-defence .............................................................................. 17

2.5. SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 21

CHAPTER 3: THE NOTION OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION ........................................................................... 23

3.1. DEFINITION ................................................................................... 23

3.2. MORALITY AND LEGITIMACY ................................................. 24

3.3. WAGING WAR FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY ..................... 26

3.4. THE HISTORICAL ROOT OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION ............................................................................ 30

3.4.1. Before the Cold War ................................................................. 30

3.4.2. After the Cold War-R2P ........................................................... 33

3.5. SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 37

CHAPTER 4: THE KOSOVO INTERVENTION BY NATO .......... 39

4.1. HISTORY OF KOSOVO ................................................................. 39

4.2. THE KOSOVO PROBLEM ............................................................. 42

4.3. REACTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO THE KOSOVO PROBLEM ............................................................. 45

4.3.1. Rambouillet Talks ..................................................................... 48

4.4. THE INTERVENTION .................................................................... 50

4.4.1. The Detrimental Effect of the Intervention in Society .............. 50

4.4.2. Situation in Kosovo Following the Intervention ....................... 52

4.5. SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 53

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION ............................................................. 55

BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................... 61