From brettk at unica-usa.com Wed May 12 08:45:46 1999
In order for intervention in the internal affairs of another
nation to be jusfified, one or both of the following criteria
must be met:
[ ... ]
2) genocide is taking place
I don't think this has a precedent in the 20th century, and apparently it's the "interesting" part of the World Court proceedings that Yugoslavia is bringing against NATO. One analysis I read stated that various legal/proceedural tactics would be used to derail Yugoslavia's claims (out of juristiction, etc.), but that if that failed, this is the defense that would be used -- for the first time.
Brett: you seem to have come to this conclusion rather recently; was there something in particular that brought you to this conclusion? Because it doesn't seem to be in anybody's vocabulary; NATO just came to that conclusion recently as well.
/jordan