GINS 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Opinio Juris Sive Necessitatis, The Principle, Treaty Of Rome

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Global and International Studies
• Course: GINS 1010
• Professor: All

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The organization and its members, in pursuit of the purposes stated in article 1, shall act in accordance with the following principles. All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the united nations. Does all use of force have to have the un"s approval: no. To be internationally legal it does not have to have the un"s approval. The un does not have a monopoly on legalizing use of force at the international level: there is a customary international law world which does allow the use of force legally, but not necessarily legitimately. Customary international law -principle of non-intervention: the existence in the opinio juris (a subjective obligation through a sense of law) of. States of the principle of non-intervention is backed by established and substantial practice.