Interventions Flashcards
When did the Bosnian intervention take place?
1992-1995
What was the Srebrenica massacre?
In 1995 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed in an attack by Bosnian Serbs.
What was the response to the Srebrenica massacre?
A NATO offensive air and bombing campaign against the Bosnian Serbs.
What was the justification for the intervention?
Strong human rights justification which eventually led to war crime arrests among Bosnian Serb military leaders.
When did UK intervention in Sierra Leone take place?
2000
Describe the intervention
Unilateral intervention in the civil war after a failed UN operation.
What did UK forces do?
Stabilised the country by defeating rebel forces and implementing a ceasefire.
What was the justification?
The rebel group committed many atrocities§ and war crimes.
When was the invasion of Iraq?
2003
What was the justification?
Removal of weapons of mass destruction and Iraq’s support for terrorism.
What was the outcome?
Weapons of mass destruction were never found in Iraq by UK and US forces.
What are the criticism?
Some argue that the conflict and its aftermath inflicted greater human rights abuses than before the invasion.
When was the Rwandan genocide?
1994
What was the Rwandan genocide?
Genocide of the Tutsi people by the Hutu’s. An estimated 500,000 people were killed.
What was the international community accused of regarding the Rwandan genocide?
Not intervening as it did not provide any benefits for them.
