POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nicaragua V. United States, Persian Gulf, Bush Doctrine
4 Mar 2018
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Outline: o jus ad bellum (instead of jus in bello), role of security council, r2p, self-defence jus ad bellum when it is lawful to go to war in the first place. Jus in bello laws once already involved in armed conflict. To some extent using force to being with was seen as the right of the sovereign state o o. Finite restrictions on ability to use force came into focus after ww2. When states do use force they either deny that they did use force, or come up with pl. Prohibition on force found in article 2(4) of charter. What are proper ways to use force? o o. Role of security council, and right to use force in self-defence. In some circumstances to prevent human rights violations could be legal to use for. Article 42 unsc can authorize use of force at international level. o. Ability to challenge sc authority to use force highly suspect.
