19. POLITIK HUMANITARIANISME: KETIADAAN INTERVENSI KEMANUSIAAN DALAM PERANG SAUDARA SRI LANKA 2001-2009

Abstract

The ethnic disrimination done by Sri Lankan government had made the outbreak of ethnic
conflict in Sri Lanka for more than 26 years between government of Sri Lanka against LTTE
rebels. Although many crimes such as crime against humanity and war crimes occured, there
were no action taken by international community to intervene the situation. This research
aimed to analyse the absence of humanitarian intervention in Sri Lanka to end conflict.
Realism theory of International Relations is used to be research framework, the research
argues that the absence of humanitarian intervention happened due to there're no national
interest taken by foreign states to enter Sri Lanka. Using secondary data collection method
through study library. Geopolitically, Sri Lanka is a disaster phrone land and also not
strategic country. Economically, Sri Lanka doesn't have valuable natural resources such as
gas and oil which are looked by the West.