Displacing Human Rights Test Bank, Lehne Pharmacology 11th Edition

Problematic Western Intervention

Western intervention is a pervasive feature of violent conflict in Africa, often undermining human rights and prolonging war.

Counterproductive Consequences

Adam Branch’s extensive research and human rights activism in northern Uganda reveal the reductive understandings, inadequate tools, and refusal to be accountable that characterize Western intervention.

Concrete Changes for Global Justice

Motivated by a commitment to global justice, Branch proposes concrete changes for Western humanitarian, peacebuilding, and justice interventions.

A New Normative Framework

A new normative framework is proposed to re-orient the Western approach to violent conflict in Africa around a practice of genuine solidarity.