ABSTRACT
Humanitarian intervention is the threat or use of military force primarily for the purpose of protecting the nationals of the target state from gross and systematic human rights violations. These violations result from either the conscious policies of a central regime or the general breakdown of that regime. The use of force may come in a variety of forms, including economic sanctions, arms embargoes, restrictions on income-generating activities, aviation bans, restrictions on diplomatic representation, and suspension of membership or expulsion from international or regional bodies. The discussion here focuses on the use of military force by one or more outside states to relieve grave human suffering.
