United Nations Charter

well as a part of customary law. The United Nation’s Charter backed by its 193 signatory states, is perhaps the most prominent source that imposes this obligation on states. It prohibits the use of force in Article 2(4): ‘All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.’ As well as imposes

drugs and prostitutes, which can be supplied and produced in a third world drug producing countries such as Columbia (Castells, 1998, cited in Puniskis, 2010:239). Furthermore, apart from the reasons that these crimes are prevalent in the Western nations, it becomes a controversial issue as it violates the international laws regarding humanity. For example, human smuggling and trafficking is an illegal sale of human beings that contains exploitation and coercion. According to Leman and Janssens, it

and it is enshrined in the United Nations Charter. Nevertheless, the use of force is only authorised if it falls under one of two categories: self-defence (article 41 of the United Nations Charter), or Security Council authorisation. To justify a resort to pre-emptive war, a state must give reasonable proof that the action is necessary to the vital national security interests of the state, and that the act of aggression in self-defence is proportional, according to Charter principles. The threat

security and sovereignty. In an international level, The United Nations has been adamant in combating this issue with the adoption of A/69/112 or the Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, and, A/68/98 or most commonly known as the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affair (UNODA),

over the Private Military Corporation, there were some attempts at global governance over privatized violence as a whole. Two major international documents which contribute to the discussion on global governance over privatized war happen to be: The United Nation’s International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries and the International Committee of the Red Cross’s Montreux Document. The creation of these documents have also been impacted by non-state actors

The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are two different groups, but they affect the world in the same way. They both want to make a difference in today's world, they strive for peace and prosperity, and they work hard to accomplish their goals.      The UN and NATO are similar in the way they are organized. They are each structured into several groups. They both have councils, a Secretary General, and Secretariat. The UN is made up of six organs. They are the council, Secretariat

and security. Although, some of the country may agree to definition of international norms, there are some countries that does not agree with the United Nation international laws that generally accepted as international norms. Even though, some country does not agree with UN international laws, because of the powerful nation that are the member of the nation, the Security Council can enforce their international law via various ways toward a state or individual; and the International court of Justice

NATO is currently violating the sovereignty of many states, which is considered the greatest breach of international law. Humanitarian interventions led by NATO are becoming big controversies as many individuals and states are wary of the fact that they do not support world peace. Many unruly interventions have taken place such as the war in Kosovo in 1998. The motives behind the war as well as the means used to conduct it will be focused on in this research paper. NATO-fought wars often tend to

President Donald Trump must follow the rule of law. President Donald Trump actions has shown us that he does not care about the country. The country which he took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States. In the constitution of the United States Article II

Why is it in the interest of states to obey International Law? ABSTRACT A growing discussion amongst IR scholars and International legal scholars alike has been the debate on if International law (IL) is really law especially since it lacks the basic characteristics of domestic law. Is international law a law just in name or in action also? If it is a law, do states obey this Law? And why will it be in the interest of a state to obey such law (if it does exist). This essay is an attempt to explain