Who Killed Article 2(4)? or

Changing Norms Governing the Use of Force by States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9559331
AutoresThomas M Franck (0000-0002-6749-0636, New York University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1970
Volumen64
Número5
Páginas809-837
Fecha de publicación1970-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2198919
OpenAlexW4243813252
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas2

Twenty-five years ago, the Allied nations gathered at San Francisco in the warming glow of victory and signed a solemn treaty giving effect to their determination “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war ...” and “to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest ...” Specifically, they undertook in Article 2(4) to “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state ...” They also committed themselves to “settle their international disputes by peaceful means ...”

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