Essays about: "anticipatory self-defence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words anticipatory self-defence.

  1. 1. The Common Problem: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Anticipatory Self-defence in International Law

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

    Author : Lisa Rudin; [2022]
    Keywords : Public international law; Folkrätt; International humanitarian law; Anticipatory self-defence; Pre-emtpive self-defence; Rules of war; Jus ad bellum; Weapons of mass destruction; Jus in bello; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyse the extent of anticipatory self-defence and how it is affected by the presence of weapons of mass destruction. As such, it will provide a summary of current law through doctrine, case law, and the treaties concerning the interpretation of article 51 of the UN Charter. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pre-Emptive Self-Defence : When does an armed attack occur?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Michael Sandin; [2021]
    Keywords : Pre-emptive self-defence; article 51; un-charter; anticipatory self-defence; self-defense; Förebyggande självförsvar; föregripande självförsvar; artikel 51; fn-stadgan;

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  4. 3. 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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  5. 4. The Legal Position of the Islamic State in International Law - Legality of the Use of Force against the Islamic State

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

    Author : Vandna Gogia; [2015]
    Keywords : self-defence; intervention; use of force; ISIS; public international law; state; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : ISIS is not a state. Legal considerations point at that ISIS is a non-state actor and a terrorist organisation. Out of the declaratory theory of recognition, effective control, rule through consent, stabilisation of national conditions and the constitutive theory of recognition ISIS quite convincingly fulfils the first two criteria. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Was it Lawful?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Amanda Elfström; [2012]
    Keywords : Target; ICCPR; Use of force; self-defence; anticipatory self-defence; unwilling; unable; Human Right to Life; Arbitrary Deprivation of Life; Jus ad bellum; jus in bello; Distinction; Global War on Terror; GWOT; Extraterritorial Applicability; Direct Participation in Hostilities; Geographical Scope; Armed Conflict; Temporal Scope; Continuous Combat Function; IHL; IHRL; HR; International Human Rights Law; International Humanitarian Law; Osama bin Laden; al Qaeda; International Armed Conflict; Non-International Armed Conflict;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this work is to investigate if the US ́s killing of Osama bin Laden on 2 May 2011 in Abbottabad in Pakistan was lawful. The background to the killing is what happened on 11 September 2001 when four US airplanes were hijacked and crashed into World Trade Center and Pentagon. READ MORE