The Legality or Illegality of Pre-Emptive Self-Defence
The threat or use of force in international relations has been unlawful since the UN Charter entered into force in 1945. States still had the right, though, to protect themselves in self-defence. There has, from the start, been a discussion about the extent of this right to self-defence. In UN Charter article 51 it is stated that Members have an ''inherent right of individual or collective
