حيث تجرؤ قلة على الذهاب : حالة تدخل المملكة العربية السعودية في اليمن

Abstract EN

Using the case of Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen, this work seeks to unpack a longneglected Grotian view of humanitarian intervention that allows states — individually and/or in a coalition — to intervene in cases of gross human rights abuses if the offending state is engaged in widespread and deliberate violence against a civilian population when international intervention is obstructed.

through such casework, this research explores the manner in which such interventions may be legitimized despite lacking a clear united nations endorsement.

given the intricate balance between national and international interests that must be present when states (in this case Saudi Arabia) decide to intervene into the affairs of another, this work applies the logic deployed by tony Blair in his 1999 doctrine of the international community to Yemen and illustrates that Saudi Arabia’s actions are legitimate and necessary, especially given the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Houthi militia.

this work seeks to find a middle ground between scuppering international customs of non-intervention and relying fully on the process of un legitimation in defense of humanitarianism.