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What are the objections to legitimizing humanitarian interventions?
Correct answer: D. All of the above
- A. Legitimizing it would open intervention to abuse
- B. States do not intervene for primarily humanitarian reasons
- C. States apply principles of humanitarian intervention selectively
- D. All of the above
Explanation
Opponents fear that legalizing humanitarian intervention could invite abuse, conceal strategic motives and be applied selectively by powerful states. Since all three concerns are established objections, d is correct.
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