AN APPRAISAL OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-INTERVENTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

• Declaration………………………………………………………………………………………………….. i Certification…………………………………………………………………………………………………. i Dedication……………………………………………………………………………………………………. iii Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………… iv Abstracts……………………………………………………………………………………………………. vi Tables of Cases………………………………………………………………………………………….. vii Tables of Statutes ……………………………………………………………….. viii List of Journals……………………………………………………………………………………………. x Abbreviations…………………………………………………………………………………………….. xi Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………………. xii

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

• GENERAL INTRODUCTION
• 1.1Background of the Study………………………………………… 1
• 1.2Statement of the Problem ………………………………………………………………….. 3
• 1.3Aims and objectives of the Study………………………………………………………… 5
• 1.4Scope of the Study…………………………………………………………………… 5
• 1.5Literature Review……………………………………………………………………………….. 5
• 1.6Justification ……………………………………………….. 11
• 1.7Methodology ……………………………………………………… 12
• 1.8Organisational Layout…………………………………………………………………………. 13

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF NONINTERVENTION
• 2.1Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 15 2.
• 1.1Meaning of Non-Intervention…………………………………………………………………. 16 2.
• 1.2Historical Development of the Principle of Non-intervention ……………………… 17
• 2.2Sources of the Law of Non-intervention………………………………………………….. 25 2.
• 2.1United Nations Charter…………………………………………………………………………. 25 2.
• 2.2United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2131………………………………….. 26 2.
• 2.3United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2625…………………………………. 28 2.
• 2.4Case Law…………………………………………………………………………………………… 29 2.
• 2.5Customary International Law…………………………………………………………………. 30 2.
• 2.6Opinio Juris …………………………………………………………………………………….. 30 2.
• 3.The Interpretation of Domestic Jurisdiction……………………………………………… 30 2.
• 3.2Some Reasons for Intervention……………………………………………………………… 31 2.
• 4.The Idea of Sovereignty of State…………………………………………………………… 32 2.
• 4.2The Concept of Sovereignty…………………………………………………………………. 33 2.
• 4.3Non-Intervention and The Doctrine of Sovereignty…………………………………. 35 2.
• 4.4The Concept of Sovereignty and Contemporary World………………………… 38
• 2.5Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………. 43

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• THE MODERN CONCEPT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF NONINTERVENTION
• 3.1Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….. 45
• 3.2The Modern Concept of Intervention…………………………………………………… 48 3.
• 2.1Political Pressure……………………………………………………………………. 48 3.
• 2.2Economic Pressure………………………………………………………………………… 52 3.
• 2.3Democratic Revolution…………………………………………………………………….. 56 3.
• 2.4Humanitarian Assistance………………………………………………………………….. 59 3.
• 2.5Ideological or Moral Value…………………………………………………………………. 62 3.
• 2.6Supply of Funds………………………………………………………………………………. 65 3.
• 2.7Provision of Statistics and Logistics……………………………………………………. 67 3.
• 2.8Economic Sanctions……………………………………………………………………….. 68 3.
• 2.9Intervention to Assist Modernization………………………………………………….. 70
• 3.3Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………. 73

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE OF NON-INTERVENTION
• 4.1Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 74
• 4.2Prohibition of Intervention………………………………………………………………………. 77
• 4.3Anticipatory Self-Defence……………………………………………………………………… 79
• 4.4Intervention through Authorization of the UN General Assembly……………….. 84 4.
• 5.Claims to other Exceptions………………………………………………………………….. 90 4.
• 5.1Intervention for the Protection of the lives and Property of Nationals………… 91 4.
• 5.2Intervention by Request……………………………………………………………………….. 100 4.
• 5.3Humanitarian Intervention…………………………………………………………………… 102 (a) Indian Intervention in Pakistan, 1971………………………………………………………104 (b) Tanzania Intervention in Uganda, 1979……………………………………………….. 105 (c) Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia…………………………………………………… 106 (d) Allied Forces Intervention in Iraq, 1991………………………………………………… 106 Intervention in Central African Republic 2013…………………………………111 4.5.
• 3.1Comment………………………………………………………………………………………… 112 4.
• 5.4Intervention to Enforce Provision of a Treaty………………………………………… 115 4.5.
• 4.1The Turkish Intervention in Cyprus, 1974…………………………………………….. 115 4.
• 5.5Intervention in support of Democracy (Reagan Doctrine)………………………. 117 4.
• 5.6Intervention/Non-intervention in the Post-Cold War Period……………………. 120 4.5.
• 6.1(i) Intervention in Haiti and Liberia……………………………………………………… 120 4.
• 5.7Intervention in the Fight Against Terrorism…………………………………………… 125
• 4.6Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….. 126

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• 5.1Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………. 128
• 5.2Summary of the Principle of Non-Intervention……………………………………… 128
• 5.3Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………. 129
• 5.4Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………….. 134
• 6.0BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………………………… 137