Protecting minorities in accordance with the principles of the right to self-determination and humanitarian intervention

Abstract

The existence of minorities in all countries of the world is an undoubted fact. It is rare to find citizens of a country who belong to one ethnic origin, profess one religious belief, or speak one language. Many areas of our contemporary world are covered in bloody violence, due to the demands of minorities of all degrees.
There are minorities that have a desire for self-rule or secession from the mother country and the formation of an independent state, and there are minorities whose presence did not constitute a real problem in international relations yet. To a change in its entity and political borders, and here the issue enters the framework of the international system, it is not an exaggeration to say that the existence of the problem of minorities without a solution, would threaten international peace and security in addition to the resulting internal problems and the troubles and economic crises that entail.
Therefore, we discussed this matter through the right to self-determination under the United Nations, as well as the possibility of this right leading to the separation of minorities.
Therefore, we discussed the issue of humanitarian intervention and its relationship to the idea of sovereignty, and whether it contradicts the idea of sovereignty or not, and the relationship of humanitarian intervention to diplomatic protection, and the similarities and differences between them, so that there is no confusion and confusion between the two.