KOSOVO AS A PILOT EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTIONISM
KOSOVO AS A PILOT EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTIONISM

Author(s): Beatriz Bissio
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: Kosovo; United Nations; sovereignty; self-determination; nonintervention; International Law
Summary/Abstract: The inviolability of sovereignty is the most important principle of international law. The principle of respect for the territorial integrity of Nation States is stated in Article 2 of the U.N. Charter. This expressly forbids the threat or use of military force against other states or interference in their internal affairs. However, in the last decades, there have been several examples – most of them bloody examples – of the interventions that have been launched and justified in the name of humanitarian reasons. One of the examples of a socalled humanitarian intervention was the one of NATO in Kosovo in 1999, which, although without a previous United Nations’ authorization was considered a legitimate one. Being one of the first examples of such an intervention and having been accepted as legitimate, the Kosovo intervention in some way acted as a pilot experience for the ensuing ones, which took place mainly in Africa and the Middle East. The communication discusses the implications and risks of these violations and disregard for international law present in the global security.

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