Investigating the attack of the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemen crisis in the form of applying the doctrine of the responsibility to protect

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:

The adoption of the doctrine ((responsibility to protect)) at the United Nations summit in 2005 and turning it into an accepted international norm indicates an important step of the world community to adopt a unified approach to international humanitarian crises. The responsibility to protect implies the responsibility to prevent, respond and rebuild. In the first place, the responsibility of prevention lies with the government and national institutions, if the government is unable or unwilling to do so, the international community and the Security Council at the head of it have the primary responsibility for action and must prevent human rights violations. But the practical test of this doctrine in the Libyan crisis showed that the option of military intervention is more important to the Security Council than other options (civilian options). This is despite the fact that military measures should be used as a last resort and exceptionally when it is feared that the world order and peace will be endangered. The Security Council's inattention to preventive solutions has once again brought criticism to the great powers, especially the permanent members of the Security Council as the competent authority for issuing authorization for action in the form of the doctrine ((responsibility to protect)). After the crises that engulfed the countries of the Middle East and North Africa after January 14, 2011, the country of Yemen also underwent changes. In the continuation of this crisis, a regional coalition led by Saudi Arabia to support the resigned president of Yemen subjected this country to military aggression, which led to the death and injury of many civilians and the occurrence of health and nutritional disasters among civilians, especially became children;

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Persian
Published:
Iranian Journal of Political Sociology, Volume:3 Issue: 3, 2020
Pages:
1455 to 1484
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