POLI 343 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13-14: Pan Am Flight 103, United Nations Security Council Resolution 827, International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia
16 Dec 2015
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Chapters 13 & 14 - (byers) [conflict, atrocity crimes, and. Security council resolutions as a source of rights and. Terrorism in the resolutions concerning the bombing of pan am flight 103 over. Lockerbie, scotland - sc imposed different obligations on different states in resolution 731 it imposed an obligation on libya to extradite its two accused nationals and an obligation on other states to encourage libya to respond this resolution. Commissions draft articles on state responsibility confirms that sc resolutions can confer rights on states. Security council innovations in the legal domain there is no question that the sc has been fairly innovative in qualifying some acts as illegal under international law: for example, resolution 674 the council clearly indicated that. Iraq"s invasion of kuwait was illegal this qualification was made by reference to existing law. The sc is definitely not a judicial organ; it cannot take measure that would have penal character.
