DEFINITION AND IMPLICATIONS OF AGGRESSION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

Carmen Moldovan ()
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Carmen Moldovan: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

EURINT, 2022, vol. 9, 167-181

Abstract: The military invasion by the Russian Federation in Ukraine does not leave any space for nuances as it is a violation of an essential principle of International Law, namely the prohibition of the use of force. This basic rule is enshrined in Article 2 para 4 of the Charter of the United Nations and it constitutes one of its main objectives, as well. However, the Charter does not provide a definition of the act of aggression, which was given in 1974 by the General Assembly in its Resolution no. 3314 and served as an inspiration source in defining the crime of aggression by the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The aim of this paper is to analyse the elements of aggression as an internationally wrongful act which trigger the international responsibility of a State and to draw distinctions from the elements of the crime of aggression which trigger the individual responsibility.

Keywords: prohibition of the use of force; international responsibility; international jurisdiction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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