Combating terrorism and the use of force against a state: a relook at the contemporary world order

• Main Author: Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Yijun Institute of International Law 2015
• Subjects: KZ Law of Nations
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/43824/1/Combatting_Terrorism_and_Use_of_Force_against_a_State_%28Journal_of_East_Asia_and_IL%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43824/3/43824_Combating%20terrorism%20and%20the%20use%20of%20force%20against%20a%20state_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43824/; http://www.yiil.org/home/en_journal

Self-defence has long been understood as an inherent right of a State when it is militarily attacked by another State. After September 11, however, there have been attempts to reinterpret the meaning of ‘armed attack’ under Article 51 of the UN Charter to include attacks by terrorists - non-State ac...