Essays about: "a right to self-defence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words a right to self-defence.

  1. 1. To what extent does a State have the right to claim self-defence towards a non-state actor acting either within or outside of that State's territory?

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Fawad Siddiq Rana; [2024]
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  3. 2. Cyber Attacks as Armed Attacks? : The Right of Self-Defence When a Cyber Attack Occurs

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Mikaela Nyman; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; cyber attack; the right of self-defence; armed attack; cyber operation; UN Charter; self-defence;

    Abstract : This thesis examined the relationship between cyber operations and armed attacks to determine when the right of self-defence is triggered by cyber operations. The research question for this thesis was under what circumstances a cyber operation is considered a cyber attack and what kind of self-defence the targeted victim State can use. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does the threshold for an ‘armed attack’ within the meaning of Article 51 of the UN Charter leave a state unable to act vis-à-vis an opponent using hybrid warfare strategies?

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Carl Victor Melin; [2021]
    Keywords : Hybrid Warfare; Armed Attack ; International law; Self Defence ; Unconventional warfare; Hybrid Threats;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis to to investigate if the complex and ambiguous means of a hybrid warfare strategy in the context of the ‘armed attack’ threshold. The ‘armed attack’ threshold sits within the UN Charter article 51 and it constitutes the legal provision that the right to self-defence, both unilaterally and collectively, is only triggered in the event of an ‘armed attack’. READ MORE

  5. 4. Jus ad bellum in the ‘Wild West’ – Hostile cyber operations and the right to self-defence under international law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Demi Bylon; [2021]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public international law; Jus ad bellum; Cyber operations; Cyber law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Fientliga cyberoperationer ökar och staters kritiska nationella infrastrukturer står inför hotet att bli måltavlor eftersom de i större utsträckning är beroende av datanätverk. Cybersfären benämns ständigt som den ’vilda västern’ vilket antyder att det tillämpade internationella rättsliga ramverket är otillräckligt. READ MORE

  6. 5. A right to self-defence or an excuse to use armed force? : About the legality of using self-defence before an armed attack has occurred.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Center for International Law and Justice (SCILJ)

    Author : Elma Catic; [2020]
    Keywords : Self-defence; preemptive; preventive; armed attack; anticipatory; international law; article 51; Un Charter; article 2 4 ; use of force; exception; a right to self-defence; imminent; imminence; Internationell rätt; folkrätt; självförsvar; rätt till självförsvar; FN stadgan; artikel 51; artikel 2 4 ; förebyggande; föregripande; väpnat angrepp; överhängande; undantag;

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