International Law
This is a written agreement between one or more nations or international organizations.
What is a treaty?
Chapter 7, Article 51 of the UN Charter protects this right.
What is the right to armed self-defense?
The event that triggered the U.S. Global War on Terror.
What were the September 11, 2001 attacks?
The Latin term meaning "right to war."
What is Jus ad Bellum?
Violence conducted by substate actors such as terrorists and insurgents.
What is irregular warfare?
International law formed through practice and belief rather than written rules.
What is customary international law?
Chapter 1, Article 2 emphasizes this principle.
What is territorial integrity?
The two primary theaters of the Global War on Terror.
What are Afghanistan and Iraq?
The Latin term meaning "justice in war."
What is Jus in Bello?
Terrorism often uses violence against these types of targets.
What are symbolic or civilian targets?
Before the 20th century, these were the only subjects of international law.
What are states (nations)?
This UN agency has helped over 50 million refugees.
What is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?
The U.S. justification for entering Afghanistan after 9/11.
What is self defense?
This branch of international humanitarian law focuses on protecting victims of armed conflict.
What is Geneva Law?
This agreement, adopted in 2016, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?
The 1949 agreement that expanded international law's focus on human rights after World War II.
What is the Geneva Convention?
Since 1945, the UN has helped negotiate more than this many peace settlements.
What are 170 peace settlements?
These claims were used to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion but were later proven false.
What were Weapons of Mass Destruction claims?
This branch of international humanitarian law focuses on methods and means of warfare.
What is Hague Law?
This 1982 convention established a legal framework for activities at sea.
What is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea?
This branch of law deals with rights between sovereign states.
What is public international law?
One major criticism of the UN is that it lacks this.
What is an enforcement mechanism (army/world police force)?
The terrorist group that had only weak links to Saddam Hussein according to the presentation.
What is Al Qaeda?
The primary purpose of international humanitarian law.
What is protecting victims of armed conflict and preventing war crimes?
Countries that repeatedly violate international law risk being labeled this.
What is a rogue nation?