What is greater – a country’s sovereignty or human rights? We debate whether international intervention is justified if human rights are being systematically violated in a country. The following statements are up for debate:
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Speak your mind: International intervention
Is international intervention justified if a country systematically violates human rights? Share your views.
- Gulf News
- Published: 10:33 February 24, 2013
- Image Credit: EPA
- Syrian refugee children who fled the unrest in Syria with their families, sit in their home, at Ramtha city near the Syrian border, Jordan. UN envoy for children and armed conflict says more than 34 children have been killed in Syria since the April 12 truce.
• Humanity above borders – we all have a moral obligation to protect fellow human beings.
• National sovereignty is above all – any violation of it would only result in anarchy.
• National sovereignty ends when human rights are consistently violated.
• Intervention prevents nations from finding solutions within and creates dependent countries.
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