alling in the Troops The Uneasy Relationship Among Women's Rights, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Intervention

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the use of military humanitarian intervention in response to human rights abuses. The author traces the development of academic discourse, as published in the Harvard Human Rights Journal, regarding women's rights and humanitarian intervention. She then explores the trend of acceptance and justification in using intervention to tackle human rights violations and examines the international law surrounding its use. The debates of the 1990s on whether rape should be classified as genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina are analyzed in light of the current trend of intervention. The article uses this analysis as a backdrop to discuss the current situation in Darfur. Finally, the author argues that the current trend of increased intervention should be re-examined, considering its potential consequences on both those involved in and affected by the intervention, and contemplating normative considerations in international law and policy.

Karen Engle, "Calling in the Troops": The Uneasy Relationship Among Women's Rights, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Intervention (2007) 20 Harv Hum Rts J 189.