Hukum internasional melegitimasi pelaksanaan intervensi kemanusiaan dalam hal suatu konflik yang mengancam perdamaian serta keamanan internasional maupun regional. Organisasi internasional PBB di dalam piagamnya pada bab VII mencantumkan adanya hak untuk melakukan intervensi kemanusiaan. Organisasi Regional di Afrika seperti African Union, The Economic Community of West African States,The Southern African Development Community, memberikan legitimasi intervensi kemanusiaan di dalam piagam pembentukan dan protokolnya. Konflik yang terjadi di The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, dan Sierra Leone merupakan salah satu konflik di Afrika yang terdapat intervensi kemanusiaan. Pada prakteknya, pelaksanaan intervensi kemanusiaan terdapat permasalahan hukum dan permasalahan teknis.

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The Humanitarian intervention under Internationa law can be legitimized if there is a conflict that pose a threat to international or regional peace and security. Under the chapter seven of The United Nations Charter acknowledged the right to intervene. Regional organization in Africa such as; African Union, The Economic Community of West African States,The Southern African Development Community in their charter and protocols also acknowledged the right to intervene. Practices of humanitarian intervention in Africa can be found on the conflict that happened in The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Sierra Leone. On the level of practicalilty, the humanitarian intervention can cause a legal and technical problems.