Abstract
This article maps the institutional-normative adjustment between international responsibility in humanitarian crises and sovereignty, tracing the contestation movements coming from the Global South regarding the use of force. It has three specific goals. The first is to describe the rise of the idea that internal humanitarian crises are a matter of international security at the United Nations Security Council. The second is to describe the institutional evolution of the political norm called Responsibility to Protect, from its inception to its consolidation at the UN. The third is to identify the movements of resistance throughout the period, based on the contestations of non-western states. Through a qualitative research design, the article evaluates the main documents involving this process, combining the data with secondary sources approaches. In the end, it is possible to have a structured overview of the nuances which characterize the fit between international responsibility in domestic conflicts and sovereignty.
Keywords:
Sovereignty; Humanitarian crises; Use of Force; Responsibility to Protect; Global South