Collective Armed Measures
Collective Armed Measures
States acting under the authority of the UN Security Council have greater scope to use armed force to enforce international law than states acting without authorization. The Council has the power to order uses of force in cases of threats to the peace, as well as actual breaches of the peace. The 2005 World Summit Outcome recognizes that threats to the peace may include situations of serious human rights violations. Uses of force authorized by the Council are also regulated under the general principles of necessity and proportionality. Australia's use of force in East Timor in 2000 complied with these rules; NATO's use of force in 1999 in the Kosovo Crisis did not.
Keywords: Security Council, necessity, proportionality, humanitarian intervention, threats
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