Abstract
This Article examines the history and legal framework surrounding the 1997 intervention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its relationship within other international organizations, in particular the United Nations and African Union (AU). It then provides an overview of the Liberian and Sierra Leonean civil wars which triggered the 1997 ECOWAS intervention to restore elected president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to power following a military coup. The international legal considerations that surrounded this intervention form the crux of this analysis. Finally the question of the future role of regional organizations in peacekeeping and peace enforcement is contemplated and new questions are raised.
Recommended Citation
Doktori, Daniel
(2008)
"Minding the Gap: International Law and Regional Enforcement in Sierra Leone,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 20:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol20/iss3/3