Kosova ve Doğu Timor üzerine karşılaştırmalı bir analiz

Humanitarian intervention, which has close links with just war tradition and the principle of sovereignty, is a highly debated topic in international relations. The decision to intervene or not to intervene, together with the question of whether intervention is a threat to the state's sovereignty or a necessity for maintaining international peace and security, are the main problems of the humanitarian intervention debate. Transformation in the international system with the end of the Cold War has increased the possibility of humanitarian interventions. Though UN Charter prohibits the threat or use of force in international relations, as formulated in Article 2(4), it allows UN-authorized interventions only in cases where the UN Security Council approval is granted. This thesis compares interventions in East Timor and Kosovo through a careful examination of the term humanitarian intervention. By doing so, the thesis discusses similar and different aspects of these two interventions that occurred in the same year, produced parallel results, but carried out by different actors. Key Words: Humanitarian Intervention, East Timor, Kosovo, NATO, United Nations