State Responsibility: Internationally Wrongful Acts

State Responsibility: Internationally Wrongful Acts

Learn about what it means for a state to violate international law.

Transcript

This is the first of three lessons on the rules of state responsibility. In this video we’ll examine what counts as an internationally wrongful act and how it’s attributed to a state.

I.               State Responsibility

State responsibility is the term used to refer to the expectations of a state when it violates an obligation under international law. The rules governing state responsibility were collected and...

Lessons

    • 1. Origins of International Law
    2. When International Actors Interact
    3. Domestic Application of International Law
    4. Jurisdiction and Immunities
    5. Law of War
    • The Law of War and Defining Force
    • Justifications for the Use of Force
    • Humanitarian Law
    6. International Criminal Law
    • Theories of Liability in International Criminal Law
    • The International Criminal Court
    • Crimes Subject to ICC Jurisdiction
    • Other International Crimes
    7. Human Rights Law
    • Basic Principles of International Human Rights
    • Categories of Human Rights
    • Human Rights Institutions