Traditional International Law

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Third Paper Assignment
Traditional international law paid little or no attention to the fate of individuals or of national minorities. It was focused instead upon the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states. Slowly, over the past century, and much more rapidly since 1945, human rights issues have intruded upon the old legal concerns. On the one hand, a new sensitivity exists about the fate of the dissenting and the powerless at the hands of governments. On the other, attempts to alter their fate produce cries of interference in internal affairs and sovereignty. Is this an insoluble problem? Can human rights be accommodated within international law?