Magharibi ilifanikiwa kuhalalisha ubeberu wake wa kikoloni kwa kutegemea kile walichodai kuwa Sheria ya Kimataifa. Sheria hii iliwawezesha kuzitendea mataifa yasiyo ya Ulaya kwa tofauti kamili na mataifa ya Ulaya. Asili yake inarejea kwenye ushindani kati ya wafalme wa Ulaya ya Kikristo katika kujenga himaya zao. Hata hivyo, Sheria ya Kimataifa ya Magharibi ilianzishwa kwa ufanisi baada ya mikataba iliyounda Amani ya Westphalia. Kufuatia hilo, Ulaya iliacha wazo la wafalme wengi chini ya papa mmoja, kwa wazo la mataifa huru yenye mamlaka kamili. Kila moja kati yake lilikuwa huru kuamua mambo yake ya kidini na ya kidunia. Hivyo basi, Sheria ya Kimataifa ni sheria ya Magharibi iliyojengwa juu ya fikra za Magharibi, juu ya maslahi ya mataifa ya Magharibi.

The West was able to justify its colonialist imperialism by relying on what they asserted as International Law. This law enabled them to treat non­ European nations, with complete distinction from European nations. Its origin goes back to the rivalries between the kings of Christian Europe in building their empires. Nevertheless, the Western International Law was effectively established after the treaties constituting the Peace of Westphalia. Thereupon, Europe abandoned the idea of numerous kings under a single pope, for the idea of independent sovereign states. Each of them were free to decide their religious and secular affairs. Thus, International Law is the Western law built on Western thinking, upon the interests of Western nations.

Muungano wa Ulaya haukuwekewa mipaka ya kutumia Sheria ya Kimataifa kupanga mambo ya ndani ya Ulaya pekee. Badala yake, ulienda mbali zaidi, ukitumia Sheria ya Kimataifa kuzitiisha mamlaka zisizo za Ulaya, ndani ya mfumo wa Ulaya ya Magharibi. Kwa mujibu wa madai ya Magharibi, Sheria ya Kimataifa inapaswa kufuatwa na wote. Wazo la manufaa ya kimaada limekuwa na nafasi kuu kwa mataifa ya Magharibi katika kuzikoloni tamaduni nyingine na kupigania utajiri duniani kote. Wanafanya hivyo bila kukutana na upinzani wowote wa kweli kutoka kwa watu wanaodai uhuru,

The European entente was not restricted to utilizing International Law to organize European domestic affairs alone. Instead, it went far beyond that, utilizing International Law to subjugate non-European powers, within the Western European order. According to the Western assertion, International Law is to be abided by all. The idea of material benefit has played a central role for the Western nations to colonialize other peoples and fight for wealth around the world. They do so without finding any real resistance from people who claim freedom,

Haki, usawa na haki za binadamu!

justice, equality and human rights!