The African Union Charter and ECOWAS Humanitarian Intervention in Liberia: The Behaviouralist Perspective

摘要: How do political rivalry, ethnicity and other structural tensions in a given country pose regional, sub-regional even international security threat? What triggered Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) armed response to the Liberian crisis? The slow escalation Liberia’s two civil wars (1989-96 1999-2003) illustrates how this observation stimulates basis comparative studies Africa’s humanitarian missions within AU Charter. This paper argues that ECOWAS protocols connect Humanitarian Intervention (HI) emerging norm responsibility protect (R2P) assess extent which leaders saw mission more as R2P than mere interference internal affairs member-state. It examines for intervention institutions, identifies instruments sanction HI. theoretical analysis is explored relation Liberia we explain behaviouralist theory. Indeed, crisis took place decades ago but its uniqueness first major “interference” an subregional body member state justifies study. Library Content Analysis will be main research technique.