The prohibition on the use of toxic chemicals as weapons of warfare is one of the oldest rules of international humanitarian law. However, taking into account current threat of terrorism, the possibility of the use of these weapons outside the framework of an armed conflict can no longer be excluded. The determination of this rule’s status in general international law has been gaining importance. This prominence may help identify tools that States have at their disposal to make state and/ or non-state entities and individuals accountable for violating this obligation. This study will first outline why it is important to conduct this analysis beyond the scope of the international humanitarian law regime. It will then demonstrate that the pro...
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Self-defence, recognised by article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, is considered as a prim...
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La prolifération des armes légères et de petit calibre est un phénomène nouvellement saisi par le dr...
La question du terrorisme international retient l’attention constante des juristes et de la communau...
Weapons are acquired to protect the national security interests of the state: they may be used to se...
International Humanitarian Law is a field where several actors such as states and non-state actors i...
International audienceUnder the aegis of classical international law, the intervention by a foreign ...
Self-defence, recognised by article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, is considered as a prim...
This article examines the evolution of international humanitarian law, specifically as it relates to...
Recent foreign military interventions against international terrorism raise several questions with r...
This article discusses actions taken by the international community, through the Organisation for th...
Despite its brevity, common article 1 of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols revea...
The proliferation of small arms and light weapons has only recently been inquired into by internatio...
This article first discusses when terrorism can be classified as armed conflict under International ...
The adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty by the United Nations General Assembly is a milestone in the i...
This article explores the increasing conflation between the responsibility to protect and the protec...
The recent peace agreement concluded on November 24, 2016 between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...
La prolifération des armes légères et de petit calibre est un phénomène nouvellement saisi par le dr...
La question du terrorisme international retient l’attention constante des juristes et de la communau...
Weapons are acquired to protect the national security interests of the state: they may be used to se...
International Humanitarian Law is a field where several actors such as states and non-state actors i...
International audienceUnder the aegis of classical international law, the intervention by a foreign ...
Self-defence, recognised by article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, is considered as a prim...