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When does humanitarian intervention secure its greatest legitimization?

Correct answer: D. When it is done through the Chapter VII enforcement provision of the Security Council

  • A. When it is done to prevent a genocide
  • B. When it is done to take down a murderous
  • C. When it is done to alleviate famine
  • D. When it is done through the Chapter VII enforcement provision of the Security Council

Explanation

Humanitarian intervention gains its strongest legal and political legitimacy when authorised under Chapter VII by the UN Security Council. Such authorisation distinguishes collective enforcement from unilateral intervention, even though preventing genocide is also a particularly compelling purpose.

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