No More War How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests : How the West Violates International Law by Using'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests

War is the fount of all the worst human rights violations―including genocide―and not its cure. This undeniable truth, which the framers of the UN Charter understood so well, is lost in today's obsession with the oxymoron known as "humanitarian" intervention. No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests sets out to reclaim the original intent of the Charter founders to end the scourge of war on the heels of the devastation wrought by WWII. The book begins with a short history of the West's development as built upon the mass plunder of the Global South, genocide and slavery, and challenges the prevailing notion that the West is uniquely poised to enforce human rights through force. This book also goes through recent "humanitarian" interventions carried out by the Western powers against poorer nations (e.g., in the DRC, Congo, and Iraq) and shows how these have only created greater human rights problems – including genocide – than they purported to stop or prevent. No More War reminds the reader of the key lessons of Nuremberg – that war is the primary scourge of the world, the root of all the evils which international law seeks to prevent and eradicate, and which must be prevented. The reader is then taken through the UN Charter and other human rights instruments and their emphasis on the prevention of aggressive war. "Kovalik helps cut through the Orwellian lies and dissembling which make so-called 'humanitarian' intervention possible." —Oliver Stone "Kovalik helps cut through the Orwellian lies and dissembling which make so-called 'humanitarian' intervention possible." —Oliver Stone War is the fount of all the worst human rights violations―including genocide―and not its cure. This undeniable truth, which the framers of the UN Charter understood so well, is lost in today's obsession with the oxymoron known as "humanitarian" intervention. No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests sets out to reclaim the original intent of the Charter founders to end the scourge of war on the heels of the devastation wrought by WWII. The book begins with a short history of the West's development as built upon the mass plunder of the Global South, genocide and slavery, and challenges the prevailing notion that the West is uniquely poised to enforce human rights through force. This book also goes through recent "humanitarian" interventions carried out by the Western powers against poorer nations (e.g., in the DRC, Congo, and Iraq) and shows how these have only created greater human rights problems – including genocide – than they purported to stop or prevent. No More War reminds the reader of the key lessons of Nuremberg – that war is the primary scourge of the world, the root of all the evils which international law seeks to prevent and eradicate, and which must be prevented. The reader is then taken through the UN Charter and other human rights instruments and their emphasis on the prevention of aggressive war. "Kovalik helps cut through the Orwellian lies and dissembling which make so-called 'humanitarian' intervention possible." 'Oliver Stone War is the fount of all the worst human rights violations including genocide and not its cure. This undeniable truth, which the framers of the UN Charter understood so well, is lost in today's obsession with the oxymoron known as "humanitarian" intervention. No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests sets out to reclaim the original intent of the Charter founders to end the scourge of war on the heels of the devastation wrought by WWII. The book begins with a short history of the West's development as built upon the mass plunder of the Global South, genocide and slavery, and challenges the prevailing notion that the West is uniquely poised to enforce human rights through force. This book also goes through recent "humanitarian" interventions carried out by the Western powers against poorer nations (e.g., in the DRC, Congo, and Iraq) and shows how these have only created greater human rights problems ' including genocide ' than they purported to stop or prevent. No More War reminds the reader of the key lessons of Nuremberg ' that war is the primary scourge of the world, the root of all the evils which international law seeks to prevent and eradicate, and which must be prevented. The reader is then taken through the UN Charter and other human rights instruments and their emphasis on the prevention of aggressive war Lost in todays obsession with the oxymoron known as humanitarian intervention is the undeniable truth which the framers of the UN Charter understood so well that war is the fount of all the worst human rights violations, including genocide, and not its cure. International Human Rights & The Prohibition of Aggressive War sets out to reclaim the original intent of the Charter founders to end the scourge of war on the heels of the devastation wrought by WWII. The book begins with a short history of the Wests development as built upon the mass plunder of the Global South, genocide and slavery, and challenges the prevailing notion that the West is uniquely poised to enforce human rights through force. This book also goes through recent humanitarian interventions carried out by the Western powers against poorer nations (e.g., in the DRC, Congo, and Iraq) and shows how these have only created greater human rights problems including genocide than they purported to stop or prevent. International Human Rights & The Prohibition of Aggressive War reminds the reader of the key lessons of Nuremberg that war is the primary scourge of the world, the root of all the evils which international law seeks to prevent and eradicate, and which must be prevented. The reader is then taken through the UN Charter and other human rights instruments and their emphasis on the prevention of aggressive war. This clear-eyed analysis of Western foreign policy "helps cut through the Orwellian lies [that] make so-called 'humanitarian' intervention possible" (Oliver Stone). War causes the world’s worst human rights violations. This undeniable truth, which the framers of the UN Charter understood so well, is lost in the self-contradictory agenda known as “humanitarian" intervention. Demonstrating the terrible truths behind today’s military rhetoric, No More War reclaims the original intent of the Charter founders who sought to end the scourge of war. Dan Kovalik begins with a short history of the West’s brutal economic development, built on genocide, slavery, and the mass plunder of the Global South. In light of this history, he challenges the prevailing notion that the West is uniquely poised to enforce human rights through force. Kovalik also examines recent “humanitarian" interventions carried out by Western powers against poorer nations such as Iraq, and shows how they created greater human rights problems—including genocide—than the ones they purported to prevent. Foreword Introduction 1 “Humanitarian” Intervention from King Leopold to Samantha Power 2 Nuremberg and the Rise of International Law 3 Peace Is a Paramount Human Right 4 The ICC, the Crime of Aggression, and Western Humanitarians 5 The Anticolonial Nature of International Law 6 Nicaragua v. US, and Lessons about Nonintervention 7 The Right of Self-Defense 8 The UN and the Responsibility to Protect 9 The US Military Is Not a Feminist Organization 10 The Genocide Convention and Selective Justice Conclusion: Introspection and Assistance—Not Intervention Appendix A: Charter of the United Nations Appendix B: Statute of the International Court of Justice Endnotes Index Plates