The US strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan 1998
The Chapter analyses the US strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan in 1998 throught the lens of the pre-emptive self defence doctrine.
use of force
Community Interests and the Use of Force
The chapter discusses the philosophical foundations of the current regulation of the use of force. The
chapter argues that, in correspondence with the emergence of a sphere of substantive rules protecting common
interests of humankind, international law is also gradually developing a system of protection against egregious
breaches of these interests. This conclusion is reached through an analysis of the law and practice governing the
action of the UN Security Council as well as the law of state responsibility concerning individual and collective
‘Triangular’ Relationships Between the United Nations and African Regional and Sub-Regional Organizations in Maintaining Peace
Over the past few years, the relationships between the United Nations (‘UN’), regional and sub-regional organizations in maintaining peace and security in Africa have evolved. The African Union (‘AU’) began coordinating enforcement actions conduct- ed by African sub-regional organizations with the authorisation of the UN Security Council (‘UNSC’), which maintained its political control over them. The UN Charter and relevant legal regimes of those organizations seem to allow this kind of relation- ship.