Is there a general right or responsibility to intervene coercively in the affairs of another state for the purpose of protecting the people within it? If so, just when, where and how should it be exercised, and under whose authority?
Professor Gareth Evans discusses the scope and limits of the UN’s international doctrine, hazards associated with military intervention to protect civilians, and whether optimism that the world will be able to say ‘never again’ to genocide atrocities is just a hopeless dream.
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‘When is it right to fight’ is jointly presented by the Hawke Centre and the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. This session will be chaired by the Hawke Centre’s Director, Elizabeth Ho OAM.
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