Suchergebnisse

The nature of war and the character of contemporary armed conflict /Steven Haines --Classification of armed conflicts : relevant legal concepts /Dapo Akande --Conflict classification and the law applicable to detention and the use of force /Jelena Pejic --Northern Ireland 1968-1998 /Steven Haines --The Democratic Republic of the Congo 1993-2010 /Louise Arimatsu --Colombia /Felicity Szesnat and Annie R. Bird --Afghanistan 2001-2010 /Françoise J. Hampson --Gaza /Iain Scobbie --South Ossetia (2008) /Philip Leach --Iraq (2003 onwards) /Michael N. Schmitt --Lebanon 2006 /Iain Scobbie --The war against Al-Qaeda /Noam Lubell --Classification in future conflict /Michael N. Schmitt.

There are few more controversial questions in international law than the proper limits of the right of self-defence. The rules are being challenged in the light of what are seen as new threats from terrorism and from the possession of weapons of mass destruction. The UN High-level Panel, in its report to the Secretary-General of 2004, concluded that in all cases relating to decisions to use military force 'we believe that the Charter of the United Nations, properly understood and applied, is equal to the task'.4 The Principles that follow are intended to provide a clear statement of the rules of international law 'properly understood' governing the use of force by states in self-defence.