Critical Examination of the Law on Armed Conflict: Striking a Balance of Humanitarian Intervention

This article analyzes the law of armed conflict and how humanitarian intervention strikes a balance. With due respect to the super powers, their intentions in their interventions in most of the wars taking place or that have taken place across the globe is questionable. For instance, Rwanda was not assisted by the super powers when it was passing through genocide because it had nothing to offer them. It is on this note that the article calls for the need to do away with the GS veto powers and introduce a system that expand at least G10 adding Nigeria, Kenya and south Africa immediately and elect 14 nations to the council for a term of 1 year with all nations having the equal vote. Additionally, authorization of the use of force should require a super majority of at least 16 nations voting yes before force of any kind can be used. Finally, it is time that UN has its own standing military force that is governed and controlled by the United Nations Security Council. Keywords: Armed conflict, Humanitarian intervention, international laws, International organizations, Refugees.