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(1) How accurately you present the facts: the accuracy of the argument (30%)

Do you accurately identify and discuss the rules governing self-defense? Do you accurately discuss the challenges that the issue your paper focuses on poses to these rules? Are your recommendations grounded in evidence?

There seems to be some confusion about the relationship between jus ad bellum rules and humanitarian intervention in this paper. You note on page 2, for example, that humanitarian interventions are legal because they protect parties in conflict, but this is not the case. Humanitarian interventions are only legal under current rules if they are authorized by the UN Security Council. Subnational or non-state groups, such as ethnic groups within a state targeted with genocide or ethnic cleansing by their own government, do not enjoy a right to self-defense under the rules of jus ad bellum.

Your discussion of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine is also a bit confused. This doctrine offers an alternative way to think about interventions, but it is not binding international law and as it has been endorsed by most governments, still relies on the UN Security Council to authorize these interventions.

When discussing the challenges that humanitarian interventions pose to jus ad bellum rules, you need to say much more about the dangers of imperialism and great power conflict.

More broadly, I think you conflate throughout the paper international humanitarian law with humanitarian interventions which are two different things.

15/30

(2) The quality of the argument you offer in response to the prompt: the persuasiveness of the argument (50%)

Do you provide a reasoned logic of argumentation linking your premises with your conclusions? Does your argument suffer from missing warrants? Do you acknowledge and address adequately competing explanations or arguments?

The basic confusion between international humanitarian law and humanitarian interventions spills over into your recommendations. You do not clearly argue when and how humanitarian interventions should be permitted and how we should adapt jus ad bellum rules. Should these interventions be permitted in the absences of UNSC authorization? Why or why not? How do we avoid the dangers of imperialism and great power conflict?

25/50

(3) The organization, style and grammar of the essay: the writing quality of the essay. (20%)

Is your paper well organized? Is your writing clear? Do you make frequent grammar errors? There are places where the writing becomes unclear and it is difficult to understand what you are saying, but the paper does have a clear structure to it.

18/20

Final paper grade: 58