Parliamentary control of the deployment of Spanish Armed Forces abroad in the post-Iraq era

Gamarra Chopo, Yolanda (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: From 1989 to 1999, the participation of the Spanish Armed Forces in international military operations took place within a context of domestic normality and international legality.1 However, the Kosovo crisis (1999) prompted controversy, and the intervention in Iraq (2003) saw the breakdown of parliamentary consensus. Spain is not alone in this respect. Abuses committed by United Nations (UN) bodies and the executive branches of western states in the humanitarian interventions in the 1990s (Somalia and Kosovo) and non-interventions (Rwanda), and the post-9/11 handling of Afghanistan and Iraq, prompted national and international debates concerning the legality and legitimacy of the use of force in operations outside of national territory and/or Europe. The post-Iraq controversy in Spain reflects similar disagreements in other countries, particularly Britain and the Netherlands...

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1093/bybil/bry019

Año: 2017

Publicado en: British year book of international law 87, 1 (2017), 216-230
ISSN: 0068-2691

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Dcho.Intern.Púb.Relac.In. (Dpto. Derecho Público)