ARS Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (UN GA RES 56/83 2001)
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Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (UN GA RES 56/83 2001)
- Necessity may not be invoked by a State as a ground for precluding the wrongfulness of an act not in conformity with an international obligation of that State unless the act:
(a) Is the only way for the State to safeguard an essential interest against a grave and imminent peril; and
(b) Does not seriously impair an essential interest of the State or States towards which the obligation exists, or of the international community as a whole.
- In any case, necessity may not be invoked by a State as a ground for precluding wrongfulness if:
(a) The international obligation in question excludes the possibility of invoking necessity; or
(b) The State has contributed to the situation of necessity.
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