Abstract: International Law and its institutions are aimed at ensuring there is world peace and security. International law has its intrinsic values and norms that favour interdependence and most nations see this as encroaching Western values that are a threat to the national values of states. The aim of this paper is to show how international law together with its underlying assumptions can be used to resolve conflict among states by ensuring compliance so as to promote peace and prosperity in the world. It argues that the formation and sustenance of a solid framework of international law can lead to world peace and security. International law can affect a state’s behavior because states want to uphold their reputation and avoid sanctions by complying to the rules and regulations of international law. After the failure of the League of Nations in preventing another war, there was a strong desire to put in place a formal structure that would regulate and solve disputes among nations. Thus, the International Court of Justice was birthed as the judicial arm of the United Nations. By comparing a compliance case study between the Bakassi Peninsula case and China vs Philippine case, this paper aims to explain the role of international law in conflict resolution.
Keywords: International Law, Bakassi Peninsula case and China vs Philippine case.
Title: The Role of International Law in Conflict Resolution: A Compliance Case Study of the Bakassi Peninsula and China vs Philippine Case
Author: MWANGI, CATHERINE NYAMBURA
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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