Question: International use of force law has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Critically discuss this body of international law and its current fitness for regulating its subject area, i.e. international uses of force.
Answer: In international law the use of force is generally prohibited. Its rules are commonly seen to be embodied by the UN Charter - the international treaty which binds all the states – in Article 2(4). Furthermore the Charter has been established in customary international law as was highlighted in Nicaragua and as such is regarded as jus cogens. The Article announces that all states must avoid threatening to use force or using force itself in a means that intimidates the ‘territorial integrity’ or ‘political independence’ of counter parting states. In this way it helps to achieve one of the primary purposes of the UN Charter; being ‘the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace’.......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 69% | Course: International Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 3146 | References: Yes | Date written: February, 2007 | Date submitted: April 20, 2009 | Coursework ID: 490
