Abbreviations
| AU | African Union |
| AFRC | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of Western African States |
| GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GRC | Resilience Council |
| HI | Humanitarian Intervention(s) |
| HRC | Human Rights Council |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICISS | International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| LAS | League of Arab States |
| LON | League of Nations |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NSA | Non-state Actors |
| OIC | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
| PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| P-5 | Permanent Five Member States |
| R2P | Responsibility to Protect |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNO | United Nations Organisation |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHRC | United Nations Human Rights Council |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| U4P | Uniting for Peace |
| VCLT | Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties of 1969 |
| WSOD | World Summit Outcome Document |