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Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of the Chicago convention
Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46124 Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of the Chicago convention Hobe, Stephan Sonjani, N.M. UCTD SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2015. International law is considered to be fully developed on the concept of use of force and self-defence by States. Sources of international law, namely customary international law, conventional law, judicial pronouncements, as well as state practice, have dealt with this issue extensively. One of the probable reasons for such a level of development is that the need for States to be able to defend themselves or to defend their territorial integrity and political independence is considered to be one of the cornerstones of the existence of a State. A State that does not have the ability to defend itself might as well cease to exist. Some of the sources of international law have, however, developed more than others on the concept of the use of force. The question of whether the same principle of international law can be governed by both customary and conventional international law has since been settled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by concluding that customary international principles can exist alongside treaty law. Whilst this is the case, one may argue, albeit indirectly, that, to avoid inconsistencies, it may be prudent to leave certain aspects of international law, e.g. use of force and self-defence, to be governed by one source of international law. This paper, however, does not dwell much on the inconsistencies between the principle of self-defence formulated by the United Nations (UN) Charter and that formulated by customary law, e.g. the fact that customary international law recognises the right for a State to defend itself against an imminent attack, and the UN Charter is considered not to afford such a right. The interpretation (and as we will see in the paper; it seems the ICJ also has its own interpretation) of what constitutes an armed attack differs from State to State. Despite these differences, however, one principle that States seem to have reached consensus on is that, whenever the right to self-defence is invoked, any action taken in that regard should be proportionate to the attack directed against the defending State. tm2015 Public Law LLM Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:06:52Z 2015-07-02T11:06:52Z 2015/04/16 2015 Mini Dissertation Sonjani, N 2015, Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of the Chicago convention, LLM Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46124> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46124 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of the Chicago convention |
| title | Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of
the Chicago convention |
| title_full | Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of
the Chicago convention |
| title_fullStr | Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of
the Chicago convention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of
the Chicago convention |
| title_short | Aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of
the Chicago convention |
| title_sort | aspects of the concept of the use of force in relation to article 3bis of the chicago convention |
| topic | UCTD SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Law theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46124 |