Legitimate Use of ForceUnited Nations CharterNorth AmericanThe death of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani, on January 3, 2020, revived the discussions and interpretations regarding national security on the internatiSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
TEHRAN, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said the country's military action against Israel was based on Article 51 of the UN Charter regarding the legitimate right to self-defense and in response to the deadly Israeli attack against the Iranian consulate in...
4 of UN Charter refrain all member states from threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any states, or in a inconsistent with the purpose of the United Nation, it is forbidding the state from indulging in war. Article 51 gives the right of self ...
One such example is Article 51 of United Nations’ Charter which was used by Israel in relation to their response following the attacks by Hamas. The article states, “nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack ...
1. Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations (‘UN Charter’) recognises a state’s inherent right of self-defence ‘if an armed attack occurs’.1 This right is one of only two explicit exceptions...
Considering an armed attack on any member an attack against all, the treaty provided for collective self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. The treaty was also designed to encourage political, economic, and social cooperation. The organization was reorganized and ...
Article 51 of the UN Charter, or the resort to self-defense comes as a legal consequence to the prohibition on the use of force (Article 2(4) of the UN Charter). Basically the use of any kind of force is unlawful with exception of two cases: ...
a concept in contemporary international law covering any illegal use of force (as defined by the Charter of the United Nations) by one state against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state or people (nation).
The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. Eventually, however, the UN came to approximate a universal organization - i.e., open to and aspiring to include all States. This presents a legal question, for Article 4 of the Charter contains substantive criteria to limit admiss...