Sp1b - The Main Ways Of Working For World Order

SP1b - The main ways of working for world order HSC legal studies – world order

World Government • Needs to be a international community • Elected representatives of all nations • Enacted with the role of guiding and protecting all humanity. • Able to enforce its ideals.

World/regional federation • Idea beyond world government. •

– Federation, union or alliance of ALL the nations in the world OR – Nations with a common region or history

• Unite governments and peoples from different cultures to a set of common goals. • This has been seen with the common goal of eradicating international crimes, such as apartheid, genocide and piracy. • Regional federation has occurred in the past, with nations aligning against a common enemy, eg:

Peace enforcement and peacekeeping • • •

UN Charter guides member states in how to move towards world peace and harmony. Article 24 – “a State may not use force and is bound to seek peaceful means to resolve disputes” The Charter also outlines what action a nation should take with respect to: – Threats to peace – Breaches of peace – Acts of aggression

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Peacemaking – use of the UN to negotiate and establish the conditions of peace. Peacekeeping – maintaining peace and where appropriate preventing outbreaks, fighting or stabilising a

Regulation of the conduct of hostilities • With the removal of old imperial control over some territories, such as Portugal withdrawing from East Timor in 1975, greater regulation and monitoring of the conflict that ensues. • In some cases conflict has been allowed to continue for years before any action or reaction is gauged on the world scene. • Increased monitoring and regulation by the UN, as well as working closely with groups involved in the conflicts that occur would enable swifter action before

Humanitarian intervention • In known cases of ethnic cleansing, genocide and rape and torture in nation-states, different groups can call on the UN to intervene, or intervene on their behalf to stop the inhumane actions taking place. • In 1999 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) exercised its right to human intervention, to halt the massacres occurring under Milosevic’s regime in Yugoslavia. • Non-Government Organisations (NGO’s) such as Amnesty International can act in ways to slow the persecution, often putting themselves in harm’s way. • Similarly the UNHCR (UN High Commission for Refugees) works to assists and works with refugees to repatriate them or seek alternative countries to call home.

Activity 1.In small groups, create a table of pros and cons to methods of working towards world order. 2.Determine the method that has most potential to be effective in establishing long-term world order and harmony. 3.Prepare your team for a class