TY - BOOK AU - Bruch,Elizabeth M. TI - Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention: Law and practice in the field SN - 9781138190559 (hbk.) U1 - 341.5 PY - 2016/// CY - NEW YORK PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group KW - Humanitarian intervention KW - International law and human rights N1 - Humanitarian intervention constitutes a calculated and uninvited breach of sovereignty (state rights) in the name of humanity (individual rights). Though humanitarian interventions do not necessarily require the employment of military force—as they could include, for example, the imposition of sanctions—the term refers normally to situations in which force (or the threat of force) is used. Humanitarian intervention has become a major focus of debate within governments, international organizations, and think tanks and across a variety of academic fields, including international and comparative law, international relations, political science, and moral and political philosophy ER -