The recently published volume Democracy and Sovereignty: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Public International Law is the result of a joint conference of the Société Française Pour le Droit International (SFDI) and the German Society of International Law (DGIR), which took place in September 2020 in Tutzing (Germany). In his contribution, Christian Pippan revisits the contentious notion of “pro-democratic intervention” (PDI) in contemporary international law. By focusing on relevant post-Cold War international practice, he explores the options for, and limits of, lawful cross-border military action aimed at defending or restoring democratic governance. Specifically, the author is zooming-in on the relevant role of the UN Security Council – both with regard to cases of PDI that are dealt with under the framework of the collective security system of the UN Charter as well as cases that, in legal terms, are situated beyond the confines of the UN Charter system.
For more information on the volume and the scholarly contributions assembled therein, please visit: https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/61774?language=en