The Decaying Pillars of International Adjudication and Arbitration: A View from Africa

The alarming rapidity in which the current global system is witnessing the resorting to war in order to resolve difference is worrisome thus the paper setting out to examine what is wrong with international adjudication and arbitration. The current international system which had its root in the treaty of Westphalia (1648) that marked the beginning and creation of the state system had continually been in search of “Peace under law”. The search for “Peace under law”, in same vein had gone through the League of Nations, World War I & II and to the United Nations system, yet peace had continue to elude humanity and the current international system due to the faulty foundations for the search for peace. The foundation was lopsided and one sided thus the challenge it is currently facing. The faulty foundation for the search for “peace under law” has necessitated the examination of the foundation(s) especially from the lens of the African continent. The examinations lead the paper to the conclusions and recommendations canvass herein.