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El uso de la fuerza contra el Estado Islámico en Irak y Siria: problemas de fundamentación jurídica

Pilar Pozo Serrano

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Microbiology (medical)GovernmentGeographyState (polity)Lawmedia_common.quotation_subjectImmunologyImmunology and AllergyIslamInternational lawCartographyUse of forcemedia_common

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Current military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria raises the question of the admissibility of the right to use force in self-defence against attacks by non-State actors in other States. International law in this area remains controversial and State practice ambiguous and inconsistent. This article analyses the legal basis invoked by States to justify their military operations against ISIL. Consent provided by the Iraqi government is lacking in the case of Syria, leaving only self-defence as feasible legal basis. The broad support for the use of force against Islamic State sides with conflicting views regarding the need of territorial State consent to the use of force on its territory.

https://doi.org/10.15581/010.32.141-188