Every now and then, there comes an event or a point that questions the long-standing legal doctrines. Unilateral humanitarian intervention is one such concept. Traditionally, humanitarian intervention finds very few takers, as it is deemed to be incompatible with existing norms of state sovereignty. It is argued that if the concept of unilateral humanitarian intervention is legalized, would "open a Pandora's box of military interventions that would disrupt the nation-state system and permit the forcible pursuit of political, economic, and security objectives far removed from alleged humanitarian concerns."' Having stated that, there is an urgent need to expand the scope of international law and reevaluate the concept, owing to the changing face of contemporary conflicts.