Collective Self-Defense and Armed Attack

International Law

By LJ Howard, 30 November, 2020

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RAUSI Research Brief Volume 1, Issue 1

This brief concerns collective self-defense and attempts to use diagnostic analysis to identify select root issues. The brief first sets out the structure of collective self-defense. It then identifies three select root issues in collective self-defense, namely, (1) imminent attacks; anticipatory collective self-defense; preemptive collective self-defense; (2) evidence; imminence; justifying self-defense; (3) legal interpretation; forceful countermeasures not rising to the level of a prohibited use of force. Finally, the brief offers two conclusions.