humanitarian intervention

Noun

humanitarian intervention (countable and uncountable, plural humanitarian interventions)

1. The deployment of army personnel for humanitarian-motivated goals.
   • The events of 1999 in Kosovo and East Timor provide an important opportunity to reflect on the practice of humanitarian intervention.2004, Michael C. Davis (ed.), Tania Voon (chapter author), “Legitimacy and Lawfulness of Humanitarian Intervention”, in International intervention in the post-Cold War world, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., page...
   • We may be in the middle of a process in which some fundamental ideas or norms about international politics are being transformed, and the increasing willingness to consider humanitarian intervention may be part of this evolution.2010, Keith L. Shimko, International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies, Wadsworth Cengage, page 252