POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Wage War, White Paper, American Civil Liberties Union
26 Apr 2017
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Lecture 16: international humananitarian law part ii (january 26th, 2017) Class outline: review, self-defense, general principles, nicaragua, oil platforms, non-state actors, pre-emptive / anticipatory self defence. Legality of targeted killings under international law : noah feldman: liberals like me caused the illegal drone war , jack goldsmith: obama"s drone memo is exactly what he said it"d be . Review: jus ad bellum (the right to war) When can a state use force in international law: article 42 (un charters) When article 41 is inadequate or have proved to be inadequate: article 41: security council considers the measures not involving the use, article 51 (un charters): of armed force are to be employed. Inherent right of individual or collective self defense if an armed attack. Idea of a third independent way to use force at il gained traction in the 1990s after.
