Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibits the use of force as a measure to maintain international peace and security.Article 51 of the same charter provides for accept ions to this rule;that state can use force against other state in self defense and in enforcing the UN actions.
A new exception to this rule also that is not directly mentioned in the UN Charter is the use of force in Humanitarian interventions. This principle is a good ground for the use of force in stopping the tyrant rulers from harming its civilians.The flip side is that this principle has been used to advance political courses in the international community.
The USA inversion of Iraq was justified after attempt to locate nuclear weapons failed as humanitarian intervention.
Currently in Africa the choice between Ivory Coast and Libya is influenced by certain interest.The justification given in the bombing of Libya is also based on Humanitarian intervention.
The real question is why choose to intervene in the Libyan situation over the Ivorian one which preceded the Libyan one? Is it influenced by some political or economic interest?
The untold part of the Libyan story is that the rebel army opposed to colonel Qaddafi's erratic control took arms against his regime.The legal question that lingers in my mind is whether an armed rebel group is still consider civilian? and whether the regime in place is allowed to defend itself and citizens from acts of aggression?
Though I am opposed to any tyrant rule, this principle has been used on several opportune moments by the Developed countries in furthering their selfish ambitions and should be well structured to avoid misuse.
knowlegeable information.I also do not support the tyrant rule.
ReplyDeletewell Marlon, the world we live in is majorly characterized by politics, rather we live in a man -eat-man society.
ReplyDeletewe hope so much that our judiciary system, for example, will redeem us. But not until impunity and other surrounding factors are eradicated, the status quo remains.
The situation in Libya is no exception, politically manifested and driven. The situation will remain this way up to and until the mediocrity is put to an end.
The big question is, Who will?