Gamut of humanitarian interventions under the aegis of the united nations: the premises and prospects
International Journal of Development Research
Gamut of humanitarian interventions under the aegis of the united nations: the premises and prospects
Received 20th May 2020; Received in revised form 17th June 2020; Accepted 19th July 2020; Published online 30th August 2020
Copyright © 2020, BANDE Gulbert MBAH TARH. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The paper uses the UN Charter framework as the premises to explore the impact of humanitarian intervention on sovereignty. This is because the legal status of humanitarian interventions remains unresolved despite responsibility to protect. Besides, the UN Security Council also remains inconsistent in preventing potential humanitarian catastrophes. Meanwhile, the collective actions among states have gained rational-legal legitimacy through military alliances or regional organisations, cooperation, and solidarity under international law. In this sense, this paper focuses on the premise of interventions, the parameter of the UN Charter's prohibition of the use of force, and the significant exceptions allowed for self-defence and the UN Security Council authorised use of force. Likewise, it examines the heinous cases where the UN Charter is not accepted as authoritative or controls the States’ behaviour. In this regard, the paper vividly explores the relationship between collective action's legitimacy and the legality of collective humanitarian interventions. It especially examines how collective action's legitimacy in some previous humanitarian interventions has influenced its premise and legal reality in this contemporary era.