Law 2101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Force Majeure, Peremptory Norm
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Self-defence: the wrongfulness of an act of a state is precluded if the act constitutes a lawful measure of self-defence taken in conformity with the charter of the united. Obligations not affected by countermeasures: (a) the obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force as embodied in the un. Charter: (b) obligations for the protection of fundamental human rights, (c) obligations of a humanitarian character prohibiting reprisals, (d) other obligations under peremptory norms of general international law, article 23. Palestinian wall: legality of use of force (serbia v. belgium, article 26. Compliance with peremptory norms: nothing in this chapter precludes the wrongfulness of any act of a state which is not in conformity with an obligation arising under a peremptory norm of general international law. Reparation: pcij, factory at chorz w case, (1928), it is a principle of international law that the breach of an engagement involves an obligation to make reparation in an adequate form.
