Military interventions

Since the fundamental change of the global political situation in 1989/90, military interventions have significantly increased – often justified on humanitarian grounds. Despite the variety and diversity of missions, what they have in common is a precarious potential for violence which necessarily requires public monitoring and often also criticising. Though the Church does not fundamentally rule out the use of military force, it generally always takes a critical view of the use of force. Based on this attitude we try to make concrete contributions to the public debate about military interventions and to overcome tendencies to rely on military means.

For further reading:

Schutz der Menschenrechte. Zivile Einmischung und militärische Intervention, submitted by the “Just Peace” taskforce, ed. Thomas Hoppe (published by Dr Koester, 2004)