The Role of International Law in the Resolution of Boundary Disputes in Africa: A Case Study of Bakassi Peninsula

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https://doi.org/10.18196/jphk.v3i2.14267

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Bakassi Peninsula, Boundary Disputes, International Law and Resolution

Abstract

This paper investigates how international law helped Nigeria and Cameroon settle their territorial dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula from 1999 to 2008. The study utilized the case study research design with a qualitative approach which enabled data to be derived from various sources, including documentary records and semi-structured elite interviews. The findings showed that the ICJ’s ruling in October 2002 did not address urgent and immediate compliance. All subsequent attempts at arbitration were guided by the law established by the dispute resolution in the form of an award. Every diplomatic tactic employed was modified to follow the court’s ruling, resulting in a peaceful conclusion of the conflict and enhancing the continued importance of law in international interactions between states.

Author Biography

Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen, Department of Political Science, Al-Qalam University, Katsina, Katsina State

Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen is a political scientist and civil right activist who specialize in political and international economic research. As a paragon of academic intellectualism and independent researcher. He has published widely in scholarly Journals and author of books, Re- Imposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South: The Dynamics of forced Neoliberalism and Its Discontents in Nigeria (2021). Introduction to African Politics: Deconstructing the constructive African History (2021) and Terrorism and Human Security in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward (2021). His main areas of research interest are Political Philosophy, Peace and Conflict Resolution and Public Policy Issues

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