Article 51 of the United Nations Charter

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Article 51 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that recognizes the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense by states if an armed attack occurs, until the Security Council takes measures to maintain international peace and security.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty ⓘ
provision of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
adoptedAt United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco ⓘ
adoptedOn 26 June 1945 ⓘ
appliesTo Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
basisFor legal justification of military action by states ⓘ
bindingOn all UN Member States ⓘ
category United Nations Charter Article ⓘ
citedIn General Assembly debates on self-defense ⓘ
Security Council debates on the use of force ⓘ
state notifications to the Security Council after use of force ⓘ
conditionedOn occurrence of an armed attack ⓘ
dateEffective 24 October 1945 ⓘ
derogatesFrom general prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWith Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
governs conditions for lawful self-defense under the UN Charter ⓘ
hasTextOpening "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs..." ⓘ
influenced state practice on the use of force ⓘ
interpretedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
interpretedInCase Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) ⓘ
Nicaragua v. United States of America (1986) ⓘ
Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) ⓘ
languageOfDrafting Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain collective security ⓘ
international law ⓘ
use of force ⓘ
locatedInDocument Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
normType jus ad bellum rule ⓘ
partOf Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
recognizes inherent right of collective self-defense ⓘ
inherent right of individual self-defense ⓘ
inherent right of self-defense ⓘ
refersTo inherent right of self-defense recognized by customary international law ⓘ
relatedTo Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
requires necessity of self-defense measures ⓘ
proportionality of self-defense measures ⓘ
reporting to the Security Council of measures taken in self-defense ⓘ
statesThat measures taken in self-defense shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council ⓘ
subjectOfDebate preemptive self-defense ⓘ
preventive self-defense ⓘ
self-defense against non-state actors ⓘ
self-defense in response to terrorism ⓘ
subjectTo authority of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
temporalLimitation until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security ⓘ

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North Atlantic Treaty → legalBasis → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → category → United Nations Charter Article ⓘ
linked to: Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → composedOf → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 → relatedDocument → United Nations Charter Article 51 ⓘ
linked to: Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter → distinguishedFrom → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
Peace Clause → relatedTo → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter → interpretedWith → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
UN Charter Chapter VII → selfDefenceRightCodifiedIn → Article 51 ⓘ
linked to: Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
Rio Treaty → basedOn → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ