Humanitarian Intervention and Safety Zones
Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda
Authors: McQueen, C.
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- About this book
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Neither willing to engage in a meaningful way to save targeted civilians in Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda nor to stand entirely aside as massive violations of humanitarian law occurred, states embraced safety zones as a means to 'do something' whilst avoiding being drawn into open warfare. Humanitarian Intervention and Safety Zones: Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda explores why and how effectively safety zones were implemented as a way to protect civilians and displaced persons in three of the most important conflicts of the 1990s. It shows how states consistently sought to reconcile their political and humanitarian interests, a process which often led to problematic and ambiguous outcomes, and assesses in fascinating detail the difficulties and controversies surrounding the use of such zones, variously called safe havens, safe areas, secure humanitarian areas, and zones humanitaires sûres . The book also asks whether or not such zones could serve as precedents for possible future attempts to ensure the safety of civilians in complex humanitarian emergencies.
- About the authors
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CAROL MCQUEEN is Political Affairs Officer with the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-23
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Providing Comfort at Home: Safe Haven in Iraq
Pages 24-50
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Only So Far but No Further: Safe Areas in Bosnia
Pages 51-95
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A Decision Not to Act: Proposed UN Secure Humanitarian Areas in Rwanda
Pages 96-122
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Too Little, Too Late: France’s Zone Humanitaire Sûre in Rwanda
Pages 123-148
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Humanitarian Intervention and Safety Zones
- Book Subtitle
- Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda
- Authors
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- C. McQueen
- Series Title
- Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
- Copyright
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-55497-9
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230554979
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4039-4875-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-52514-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 230
- Topics
