摘要:The legality of humanitarian intervention has been debated for a long time, both on the level of scholarly works and inter-state politics. Most of the debates surround the sources of international law (international conventions, customary international law, etc.) or functions of the UN or the politics or a combination thereof. However, another level of debate is not usually observed much: the Jus cogens debate. Being a non-derogable norm under international law, the prohibition against the use of force is a classic example of a Jus cogens norm, and humanitarian intervention is argued to breach it. This paper observed and explored the concept of Jus cogens, how is it constructed, and found that humanitarian intervention is not a breach of Jus cogens.
关键词:humanitarian intervention; Jus cogens; use of force