Cease-Fires, Truces, and Armistices In the Practice of the UN Security Council
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9549883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sydney D Bailey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 461-473 |
| Publication date | 1977-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2200012 |
| OpenAlex | W2320374203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
There is no question that there has been confusion about the precise meaning of the terms cease-fire, truce, and armistice. The oldest term is truce , which in the Middle Ages usually had a religious connotation as in the phrase “Truce of God.” Hugo Grotius used truce to mean an agreement by which warlike acts are for a time abstained from, though the state of war continues—“a period of rest in war, not a peace.” If hostilities were resumed after a truce, according to Grotius, there would be no need for a new declaration of war, since the state of war was “not dead, but sleeping.” Truces might be concluded by generals in command of forces or by officers of lower rank. In the absence of agreement to the contrary, it was lawful to rebuild walls or to recruit soldiers during a truce, but actual acts of war were forbidden, whether against persons or property: that is to say, “whatever is done by force against the enemy.” Also forbidden were the bribery of enemy garrisons and the seizure of places held by the enemy. If a truce was violated, the injured party was free to resume hostilities “even without declaring war.” Private acts did not constitute a violation, however, unless there was public command or approval
Adversary · Computer security · Confusion · Connotation · Declaration · Meaning (existential · Political science · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philosophy · Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |