Essays about: "customary rule"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words customary rule.

  1. 1. The Legality of Expanding Bullets in Non-International Armed Conflicts Under International Humanitarian Law : A Reassessment in Light of Law Enforcement Operations and Present-Day Conditions

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : John Björelind; [2022]
    Keywords : International Humanitarian Law; Law of Armed Conflict; Superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering; expanding bullets; dumdum bullets; customary international law;

    Abstract : In the performance of law enforcement tasks, military forces frequently use expanding bullets. Such bullets are prohibited in international armed conflicts (IAC:s) by treaty, but in non-international armed conflicts (NIAC:s), the matter is regulated by the principle prohibiting means and methods of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering (SIrUS), and possibly by an independent rule of customary international humanitarian law. READ MORE

  3. 2. For Whom the Bugle Calls – Past and Present of Third-Party Enforcement in International Law

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

    Author : Hilda Malm Hansson; [2022]
    Keywords : public international law; legal history; enforcement; third state; sanctions; countermeasures; neutrality; sovereignty; non-intervention; collective security; international conflicts; United Nations; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the phenomena of third-party enforcement in public international law, in a historical as well as in a contemporary perspective. To that end, it traces the role of such enforcement measures from the past into the present. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Sovereignty in Cyberspace A study on Customary International Law on the Principle of Sovereignty

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sam Safi; [2020-05-17]
    Keywords : Customary International La; Cyberspace; Sovereignty;

    Abstract : The global expansion of the internet has enabled the emergence of a relatively new theatre of inter-state conflicts; the domain of cyberspace. The emergence of cyberspace poses great challenges to the territorial understanding of the world order and raises important questions about fundamental concepts of international law. READ MORE

  6. 5. Peaceful Purposes in International Space Law

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

    Author : Anna Edlund Otterstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; folkrätt; space law; rymdrätt; international space law; peaceful purposes; disarmament; outer space treaty; rymdfördraget; customary international law; sedvanerätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I takt med ett ökat antal nationella, militära rymdstyrkor har frågan om de rättsliga gränserna för militär användning av yttre rymden (outer space) blivit allt mer relevant. Inget rymdrättsligt traktat har antagits eller trätt i kraft sedan 1984 och innebörden av ”fredliga ändamål” (peaceful purposes) i det nuvarande regelverket är därför av betydelse. READ MORE