International interventions: ethical, legal and political issues

国际干预：伦理、法律和政治问题。该项目是与加拿大研究人员合作进行的一项更大规模研究的第一阶段。该试点将开展案例研究，显示目前影响其他国家为维持和平、建立和平或人道主义原因进行干预的政治、道德和法律问题。目前还没有国际商定的法律、道德或政治准则作为此类干预决定的基础。随着新国家的扩散以及种族和宗教不容忍的重新出现，人道主义灾难可能会增加。澳大利亚的国防政策承认维持和平是我们武装部队的一项重要职能。澳大利亚应该影响人们对国际社会何时采取行动的思考。

International interventions: ethical, legal and political issues. The project is the first stage of a larger study in partnership with Canadian researchers. The pilot will develop case studies showing the political, ethical and legal issues currently influencing intervention within other States for peacekeeping, peacemaking or humanitarian reasons. There is currently no internationally agreed legal, ethical or political code underlying such decisions to intervene. Humanitarian disasters are likely to increase with the proliferation of new states and re-emergence of ethnic and religious intolerance. Australia's defence policy recognises that peacekeeping is a significant function for our armed forces. Australia should influence thinking on when the international community should act.