Accountability for Intervention
Negotiating Civilian Protection Dilemmas with Respect to Economic Community of West African States and African Union Interventions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12976345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kwesi Aning (0000-0002-7915-420X, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, corresponding author), Naila Salihu (Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-99 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2206 • E-ISSN: 1939-2214 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392206.2011.579024 |
| OpenAlex | W1996384145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
African states have been confronted with myriad challenges, especially in the areas of peace and security. As a result of the perceived reluctance or inability of the international community, specifically the United Nations, to intervene in a timely fashion in Africa's conflicts, regional and subregional organizations in Africa have assumed a greater role in conflict prevention, management, resolution, and peacekeeping in Africa. Notably, the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union have intervened in various African conflicts with either retrospective or prior endorsement by the UN Security Council to protect civilians from the adverse effects of conflicts. However, interventions by these African institutions have sometimes had unintended consequences. In this paper we discuss some of the dilemmas and challenges that arise during the use of force as a last resort for civilian protection in Africa. We argue that the use of force as a last resort for humanitarian intervention by African regional and subregional organizations for protecting civilians from mass atrocities often results in positive as well as negative unintended consequences for both interveners and civilians. However, for multiple reasons, such as the lack of political will, loopholes in the judicial systems of troop contributing countries, and resource constraints, interveners are rarely held accountable for their actions that constitute violations against the very civilians whose protection provided the basis and rationale for such interventions in the first place
Accountability · Conflict resolution · Development economics · Economic growth · Human rights · International community · Intervention (counseling · Negotiation · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Unintended consequences · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Medicine · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration
African Agency in R2P
Promoting Security in Africa through Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Union’s African Peace and Security Architecture (Apsa)
Economic Community of West African States, Regional security and the Implementation of Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |