Nonstate Actors in the International Legal Order

The Israeli-Hezbollah Conflict and the Law of Self-Defense

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ID12430631
AuthorsEric A Heinze, Eric Heinze (0000-0002-0471-4954, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume15
Issue1
Pages87-105
Publication date2009-08-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
PublisherLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/19426720-01501006
OpenAlexW61760024
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

The concern of whether nonstate actors can undertake an “armed attack” that would trigger a state's right to self-defense has acquired new prominence in the post–September 11 world. This article addresses that concern by examining the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict of July 2006. It argues that since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, states have incurred an increased responsibility for the acts of nonstate actors that operate from their territory. Based on this emerging norm, the argument is that the degree of Lebanon's involvement in Hezbollah's attack against Israel was sufficient to justify the use of force in self-defense by Israel against both Hezbollah and the state of Lebanon. The conclusion is that while this is a potentially dangerous development in international law, there is reason to suggest that it may actually encourage states to prevent their territory from being used by nonstate actors to export violence

Argument (complex analysis · Business · International law · Norm (philosophy · Order (exchange · Political science · Public international law · Self-Defense · State (computer science · Use of force · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Middle East Politics and Society

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