The Lawfare Podcast
Lawfare Archive: Samuel Moyn on “How Warfare Became Both More Humane and Harder to End"
Nov 23, 2023
Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History at Harvard University, discusses how warfare has become both more humane and harder to end. He argues that the focus has shifted from preventing war to ending war crimes, with the human rights community sharing culpability. The podcast explores the challenges faced by human rights activists, the rise of the unwilling and/or unable doctrine for intervention, and the paradox of human rights and militarized foreign policy.
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- The focus on ending war crimes and abuses has shifted from preventing wars in the first place, leading to the continuation of conflicts.
- International law constraints on going to war have been eroded, leading to the proliferation of interventions against non-state actors.
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