Abstract

VANDEWOUDE, Cécile. The Democratic Entitlement and Pro-Democratic Interventions: Twenty Years After Haiti?. Anu. Mex. Der. Inter [online]. 2012, vol.12, pp.779-798. ISSN 1870-4654.

This article examines whether the international community's attitude towards the promotion of democracy has altered since the military intervention in Haiti which took place almost twenty years ago. The article concludes that it partly has. The international community, acting through the Security Council, still generally opposes the idea that military force can legitimately be used to "restore" democracy, however leaving the door open to act in future very specific cases. Since 1993 the Security Council has become much more active in the field of democracy promotion. The Security Council increasingly links democratic policies to conflict prevention and conflict resolution.

Keywords : Democracy; international law; democratic entitlement; pro-democratic intervention; restoration of democracy; United Nations Security Council; Haiti.

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