March 9: Self-Defense and "Unwilling or Unable" States

Prohibition of use of force and right of self-defense in U.N. Charter Articles 2(4) and 51, and pre-9/11 development of international law as regards self-defense against armed attacks by non-state actors, focusing on the doctrine of state responsibility and the requirement of attribution. Post-9/11 emergence of the new concept of "unwilling and unable" states as an expanded justification for use of force in self-defense against non-state actors, in private commentary and in state practice, particularly the military operations of some states in the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) on Syrian territory 2014-2019.
Restrictive and expansive approaches to use of force and self-defense in judicial decisions, state practice, and international law doctrine, and impact of the "unwilling and unable" standard on sovereignty and on the UN system relating to use of force. Whether the "unwilling and unable" standard has become customary international law, and whether it is possible to change the jus cogen norms of prohibition of the use of force and self-defense.

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Self-Defense and "Unwilling or Unable" States
Webinar Date+Time:
March 9, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
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Speaker:
Professor Said Mahmoudi - Department of Law, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
By:
Washington State Bar Association, Developed in partnership with the WSBA World Peace Through Law Section
Credits:
Washington: 1.00 Law & Legal Procedure
Cost:
Free.

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