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PROGRAM ONE
Nature and Sources
PROGRAM TWO
States
PROGRAM THREE
Law of Treaties
PROGRAM FOUR
International Human Rights
PROGRAM FIVE
International Organization
PROGRAM SIX
Use of Force
PROGRAM SEVEN
International Dispute Settlement
PROGRAM EIGHT
International Criminal Law
PROGRAM NINE
Global Concerns
PROGRAM TEN
International Economic Law
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education Center for International Education
 
In cooperation with The American Society of International Law
 
 

Program 6: USE OF FORCE

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Traditionally, war was an acceptable method of resolving disputes between states. However, from the beginning of the twentieth century, efforts were made to limit the use of force. The right of states to use force was affected dramatically after the adoption of the United States Charter in 1945. Simply put, the Charter prohibits the use of force by states except in self-defense. This principle of international law is binding on all states.

Definition; United Nations Charter and the prohibition on the use of force; Self-defense; Intervention; Humanitarian intervention; United Nations mechanisms.

On-Camera Participants
(In order of appearance)

Professor Elizabeth F. Defeis
Seton Hall University School of Law
Narrator

Professor Oscar Schachter
Columbia University School of Law

Professor Ruth Wedgwood
Yale Law School

Hans Corell
The Legal Counsel, United Nations Honorable

Stephen M. Schwebel
The International Court of Justice

Honorable Rosalyn Higgins
The International Court of Justice

Professor Louis B. Sohn
George Washington University Law Center

Professor Malvina Halberstam
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law