Use of force in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations

Abstract

Recourse to force in traditional international law remained a legitimate right of states, and this created chaos and instability and even threatened international security, so repeated attempts were made to limit it, whether by concluding agreements or treaties, and this is what made the League of Nations - previously - adopt the idea that the last resort To him states is war, and the Charter of the United Nations came later with an explicit text prohibiting resorting to force or even threatening it, and this charter gave a state the right to legitimate self-defense in Article 51 so that it is not from The logic of something is that states are deprived of the natural right to defend themselves, provided that the legitimate defense is obligatory and proportionate, and that the Security Council takes the necessary measures to maintain international peace and security, provided that the aggression is of a great degree of gravity to give the right to legitimate defence. The United Nations For example, it rejected Israel's claim of legitimate defense to justify its aggression against Egypt in 1956, and it is required that the method used for self-defense be proportional to the nature and gravity of the aggression.