The concern of this thesis is the intervention to protect nationals from the perspective of international law, which is part of a broader issue of the use of force in international relations. Although this type of intervention was already a part of the international community before the Napoleonic era - even in the 20th century it was not a minor feature - it is still controversial, and subject to many different interpretations. There are not only big differences between the opinions of particular states of the international system, but also among the international law scholars. The main goal of this Master's thesis is to answer the research question: Is the intervention to protect nationals legal according to the rules of international public law? Besides the Introduction and Conclusion this thesis is divided into four chapters. The first is devoted to the definition of the given phenomenon. It is an integral part of my thesis, because there is no legal definition of the term intervention to protect nationals or of the term intervention. The second chapter deals with the rules of use of force within international relations - above all with Article 2(4) of the UN Charter (which prohibits the use of force) and its exceptions. The interpretative controversies are also included in this chapter. The...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:335909 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Filipková, Tereza |
| Contributors | Bílková, Veronika, Faix, Martin |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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