Abstract
Owing to the increasing specialisation of international legal scholars addressing particular areas of international law, the risks of the mutual connection and convergence between those areas of law may similarly increase. The lawfulness of international events attracting general attention, such as the 2001 war in Afghanistan, the 1999 war of NATO states against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the use of force against the Gaddafi regime on the basis of Security Council resolution 1973 (2011), or operations conducted on a smaller scale (such as the killing of Osama bin Laden), cannot be coherently addressed without examining the issues arising under jus ad bellum, parallel to issues arising under other areas of international law that apply to those areas and incidents. The issue of the root (il)legality of the use of armed force may adversely influence the legality of state conduct in relation to other aspects of the situation produced through the use of that armed force. This article accordingly examines the connection between jus ad bellum and other areas of international law, such as international humanitarian law, human rights law, the law of state responsibility and the law of recognition.
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