Roundtable: Balancing Norms, Values, and Interests
Introduction: Balancing Legal Norms, Moral Values, and National Interests
How do states reconcile national interests with legal norms and moral values? One answer lies in the concept of good international citizenship.
A Christian View of Humanitarian Intervention
Even when humanitarian intervention violates the letter of international law, and even when it is motivated by self-interest, it may still be morally justified.
Secessionist Conflict: A Happy Marriage between Norms and Interests?
In secessionist conflicts, actors tend to choose norms that align with their interests. But there are important outlier cases that complicate this picture, writes Rafael Biermann.
Unresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime
Advancing durable solutions does not necessarily mean overcoming the inherent tensions in the refugee regime between law, morality, and national interests.
Conflicting Norms, Values, and Interests: A Perspective from Legal Academia
This essay argues that norms, values, and interests do not inhabit different universes, but are interrelated concepts.
Humanitarian Diplomacy: The ICRC’s Neutral and Impartial Advocacy in Armed Conflicts
This essay argues that there is an important place for the ICRC’s style of “quiet” diplomacy alongside other “loud” forms of advocacy.
