Meaning of humanitarian intervention | Babel Free

Definitions

The deployment of army personnel for humanitarian-motivated goals.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The events of 1999 in Kosovo and East Timor provide an important opportunity to reflect on the practice of humanitarian intervention.”

“We may be in the middle of a process in which some fundamental ideas or norms about international politics are being transformed, and the increasing willingness to consider humanitarian intervention may be part of this evolution.”

“But in some respects humanitarian intervention looks more like police work than war.”

CEFR level