vetoed by their political ally, and permanent member of the council; Russia. Therefore, the humanitarian military intervention in Kosovo from NATO forces is deemed illegal under international law. Chomsky, a leading restrictionist, argues that the Bosnian and subsequent Kosovo conflicts were in fact civil wars, and not campaigns of mass ethnic cleansing as argued by many leading scholars. 290291 This would of course, imply collective guilt over the atrocities, t hus mitigating the illegality claims of the UN’s intervention. However, was it not Serbia that instigated conflicts with Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and ultimately Kosovo? These were carried out under General Milosovic, whose extreme nationalistic views purs ued a determination to achieve a “greater Serbia” which could be achieved “only through a horrible war and in blood.” 292 The extensive human suffering; 350,000 total deaths, 74% of which were caused by Serbian forces represent a crisis no morally aligned state could ignore, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the failures of the international community during the Rwandan genocide. 293 Therefore, the responsibilities of the UN to protect individuals from threats to human security clearly encompass the victims of atrocities in Mogadishu and Srebrenica. The legal framework of humanitarian military interventions is certainly difficult to summarise. The flexibility of clarification surrounding the UN Charter’s policy on the use of force leads to 290 Noel Malcolm, Bosnia: A short history , (Pan Macmillan, 2002) 291 IWPR, Genocide Conviction for Serb General Tolimir, (13 December 2012), <http://iwpr.net/report-news/genocide-conviction-serb-general- tolimir> [accessed 08/04/2016] 292 Ian Black, ‘ Milosevic tried to build Greater Serbia, trial told’ , The Guardian, <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/02/warcrimes.milosevictrial> [accessed 08/04/2016] 293 Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, ‘ JUSTICE REPORT: Bosnia's Book of the Dead .’ (June 21, 200 7), <http://www.hicn.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rdn5.pdf>
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