Law 5110 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Caroline Test, Humanitarian Intervention
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Nothing in the present charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self- defence if an armed attack occurs against a member of the united nations, until the security. Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security. Measures taken by members in the exercise of this right of self-defence shall be immediately reported to the security council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the. Security council under the present charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security. You need to wait until an attack comes; relations between humans have situations where somebody is going to hit another person according to art. There is no right to anticipatory self-defence under the charter. Another type of self-defence pre-emptive self-defence- threat is not so imminent you attack another before the threat becomes so imminent (time condolisa?)
