Humanitarian Intervention and the Right to Protect
| Date | Monday, July 21, 2008 |
| Location | Senate Dirksen, Room G11 |
Joel Charny, vice president for policy, Refugees International and Roberta Cohen, senior adviser, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement at the Brookings Institution, will join us for a discussion on the ethical, practical and political challenges presented by humanitarian emergencies in authoritarian states. In the wake of the floods in Burma, there is widespread concern about international responsibility to provide assistance in closed states.Charny argues that there is considerable space for humanitarian assistance in Burma without necessarily strengthening the authoritarian regime. Roberta Cohen argues that there is a need for international standards to cope with natural disasters. Is there an international responsibility to protect? Does political will exist to apply this norm to humanitarian emergencies? What practical lessons can we learn in the wake of the floods in Burma in responding to international disasters?
Security for a New Century is a bipartisan study group for Congress. We meet regularly with U.S. and international policy professionals to discuss the post-Cold War and post- 9/11 security environment. All discussions are off-the-record. It is not an advocacy venue. Please call (202) 223-5956 for more information.