War of aggression

A war of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain ...

Defining evil. The war of aggression and international law

... Aggressive War", considered the war of aggression as an international crime (art. 1: "The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare that aggressive war is ...

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX)

Aggression is the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State.

Crime of aggression - Wikipedia

... aggressive war, which was the main focus of the Nuremberg trial. Other participants in World War II were tried for aggression in Finland, Poland, China, the ...

Crime of Aggression | Coalition for the International Criminal Court

The Crime of Aggression ... From 17 July 2018, the International Criminal Court will be able to prosecute leaders responsible for waging aggressive war - with ...

Nuremberg Declaration on the Crime of Aggression

The Nuremberg International Military Tribunal's pronouncement that waging a war of aggression constitutes the supreme international crime.

War of Aggression | SpringerLink

The addition 'of aggression' or 'aggressive' lifts the concept of war from the neutral field of pure fact and indicates an action and a responsible actor.

Think Tank reports on Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine

The Russian war of aggression has deepened relations between the EU and Ukraine. This is first and foremost reflected in Ukraine's EU candidate status. Despite ...

Aggression - The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law

Article 9 of the Treaty defines two types of aggression: (1) unprovoked armed attack by a State against the territory, people, or land, sea, or air forces of ...

The Crime of Aggressive War

Michael Walzer, The Crime of Aggressive War, 6 WASH. U. GLOBAL STUD. L. REV ... worst kind of unjust war, a war of aggression; the second represents the.

Definition of the crime of aggression | The Global Campaign for the ...

2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, “act of aggression” means the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political ...

Joint Statement Condemning Russia's War of Aggression Against ...

This meeting today is another attempt by the Russian Federation to distract from its war of aggression against Ukraine and its intensified ...

Crime of Aggression against Ukraine: The Role of Regional ...

... aggression which achieved the level of a war of aggression or were committed during the ongoing war of aggression. However, prosecution of ...

Definition of Aggression General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX)

... war of aggression”. As the ILC noted in its commentary on its 1994 draft Statute for an international criminal court, resolution 3314 (XXIX) “deals with ...

Why Have We Criminalized Aggressive War? - The Yale Law Journal

Aggressive war is a crime because it entails killing without justification. Five reasons explain why this is so. First, banning aggression restricted states ...

Just wars, wars of aggression and international humanitarian law

The French original was published in the International Review of the Red Cross, No 847, September 2002, pp. 523–546. Just wars, wars of aggression and ...

Crime of aggression - Asser Institute - International Crimes Database

Aggression in its essence has been defined as “state conduct that either initiates war against another state or brings about a situation in which the victim is ...

Conscription to Fight a War of Aggression under International ...

'Utilization of Nazi Control for Foreign Aggression', paragraph 2 cited steps taken 'to open the way for major aggressive steps to follow', and ...

One year of Russia's invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine

whereas the Russian war of aggression is the largest military conflict on the European continent since the end of the Second World War and ...

Why isn't any unprovoked act of aggression considered a war crime?

Waging a war of aggression is prohibited under international law in the same way as war crimes, although it isn't a war crime itself.