Critically assess whether force can be used in self-defence by a state when the armed attack that it is responding to was perpetrated by a non-state actor.
This essay requires students to engage with scholarship and state practice to develop an understanding of customary international law/treaty interpretation in the context of a highly contentious question. Students are required be critical and selective when looking at such doctrine and practice, and to fully justify whichever position they adopt. More generally, students must demonstrate both research and writing skills.
Number of pages:17 pages Form of the essay:
Text (including quotations) must be in Times New Roman 12 point font.
• Line spacing must be at one-and–a–half lines; except that indented quotations may have single line spacing.
• Margins of at least 2 cm must be used at the top and bottom of the page, and 2.5 cm on the right and left sides of the page.
• Footnotes or endnotes must be included within the specified page allowance; each note must be no smaller than 10 point font and must start on a new line.
• Pages should be numbered.
Note: Pages should be numbered at the bottom.
