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The role of the UN is to prevent wars, not start them. Regardless, the UN already has a minimum charter of rights [1], and the ability to enforce it via the UN
by toomanybeersies 5y ago
The role of the UN is to prevent wars, not start them.
Regardless, the UN already has a minimum charter of rights [1], and the ability to enforce it via the UN Security Council. This can and does (rarely) get used, and it often ends up making things worse. For example, the UN-authorised bombing of Libya in 2011.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human...
- mjevans 5y agoDiplomacy is the preferred route for change. However just as a framework for civil society prefers to avoid violence, sometimes a measured response is required to enforce the desired outcome. This is why thought the UN has a basic foundation, it has not seen adoption. There are no teeth to make that law the rule.