RICR No. 842
The ICRC's position on “humanitarian intervention”
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Abstract
• International humanitarian law cannot serve as a basis for armed intervention in response to grave violations of its provisions; the use of force is governed by the United Nations Charter.• It is not for the ICRC to pronounce on the legality or legitimacy of such intervention.• International humanitarian law applies when intervention forces are engaged in hostilities with one or more of the parties to the conflict.• The ICRC seeks to promote the term “armed intervention in response to grave violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law”.