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This chapter examines the conditions and rules attached to the exercise of self-defence, with particular reference to circumstances involving non-state actors. The requirement of necessity is shown to have added importance in measures against non-state actors. Also examined are the question of a threshold for an attack to be considered an armed attack triggering self-defence, and the concept of accumulation of attacks. The possibility of pre-emptive or anticipatory self-defence against non-state actors is analysed, as is the proportionality of self-defence.
Keywords: self-defence; armed attack; proportionality; necessity; pre-emption; anticipatory self-defence
Chapter. 13822 words.
Subjects: Human Rights and Immigration
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