Gregor Wettberg

The International Legality of Self-Defense Against Non-State Actors

State Practice from the U.N. Charter to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

The international right to self-defense was subject to legal and political controversies long before September 11, 2001. On several occasions, states resorted to defensive military force against different internationally operative armed groups. This work seeks to show the precise conditions for self-defense against non-state actors as indicated by state practice since 1945. Based upon a detailed evaluation of almost 20 relevant conflicts, it is argued that state practice does not warrant limiting Article 51 of the U.N. Charter to armed attacks by states and ignoring non-state attackers. In fact, states almost never contended that already the formal legal nature of a non-state attacker excludes the possibility of military self-defense. The current view of the International Court of Justice is insofar not consonant with state practice.

Produktdetails

• Europäische Hochschulschriften Recht 4623
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 57098
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9783631570982
• ISBN-10: 3631570988
• Artikelnr.: 26629889

Autorenporträt

The Author: Gregor Wettberg was born in Hannover in 1979. He holds law degrees from the Universität Münster and the George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. He specialized in international law and the laws of armed conflict, and is currently clerking for the Berlin Supreme Court (Kammergericht).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: A Legal Gap - The Wall Decision and the Congo Case - States and Non-State Actors - Selected Conflicts and State Practice - Israel v. PLO/Hezbollah - South Africa v. ANC/SWAPO - Turkey/Iran v. Kurdish Groups - United States v. Taliban/Al Qaeda - 14 Additional Conflicts - Legal Consequences - Armed Attack - Necessity and Proportionality.