PECULIARITIES OF THE USE OF FORCE OR THE THREAT OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the use of force or the threat of force in international law. Issues related to the use of force have always been and remain the most relevant and discussed for subjects of international law and international relations. Since the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945, the principle of non-use of force has been in force in international law. However, the realities of modern international relations are such that force is actively used and, most likely, will be used in the future. Despite the fruitful activity of the UN, the institution of the use of force remains one of the most unsettled and controversial from the point of view of international law. In international law, the issue of the use of force remains problematic and is ambiguously interpreted by different lawyers, although the UN Charter prohibits the use of force in international relations. However, forceful actions to resolve disputes between states are still used, even though this is a violation of the basic principles and norms of international law. The development of international humanitarian law, institutions for the protection of human rights and freedoms, and UN peacekeeping activities certainly contributed to the fact that the use of force became a process that, if allowed in cases prohibited by the UN Charter, is at least condemned by the international community, but one of the most important institutions of modern international law, the institution of responsibility for the use of force by states, still does not have a full-fledged legal framework.