Historical institute, University of Montenegro
Received: 19 January 2020
Accepted: 13 February 2020
UDK: 341.231.14
Pages: 89-103
doi: doi.org/10.47152/rkkp.58.1.2.5
The Human Rights corpus has been widely used and is used to pursue the desired geopolitical interests. Mass media, economic sanctions, hybrid war, humanitarian military interventions are used for these purposes. In this context, the protection of human rights becomes the formal basis of interventionism, which shapes political opportunities in many countries. Through the media promoting universal norms of human rights and freedoms and placing a targeted focus on those who do not adhere to them, the ground for potential political and military action was being prepared through the mass media. Geopolitical changes and the Great Powers, in accordance with their particular interests, influence the use of human rights as a pretext for interventions in other countries. Such interventions are often contrary to international law and the UN Charter.
KEY WORDS: human rights / geopolitics / media / humanitarian interventions / international law.
