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Threat of force in public international law is a situation between states described by British
Great Britain

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 lawyer Ian Brownlie
Ian Brownlie

Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, British Academy, is a UK jurist, specialising in international law. He was called to the Bar in 1958 .During his academic career he taught at the University of Leeds, the University of Nottingham, and Wadham College, Oxford....
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an express or implied promise by a government of a resort to force conditional on non-acceptance of certain demands of that government.


The 1969 Vienna convention on the Law of Treaties notes in its preamble that both the threat and the use of force are prohibited.






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Threat of force in public international law is a situation between states described by British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 lawyer Ian Brownlie
Ian Brownlie

Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, British Academy, is a UK jurist, specialising in international law. He was called to the Bar in 1958 .During his academic career he taught at the University of Leeds, the University of Nottingham, and Wadham College, Oxford....
 as:
an express or implied promise by a government of a resort to force conditional on non-acceptance of certain demands of that government.


The 1969 Vienna convention on the Law of Treaties notes in its preamble that both the threat and the use of force are prohibited. Moreover, in Article 52, it establishes the principle that if threats of using force are made during diplomatic negotiations, then any resulting treaty is invalid, stating "A treaty is void if its conclusion has been procured by the threat or use of force in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations".

See also

  • Coercion
    Coercion

    Coercion is the practice of compelling a person or manipulating them to behave in an involuntary way by use of threats, intimidation, trickery, or some other form of pressure or force....


Further reading

  • Stürchler, Nikolas. (August 13 2007). The Threat of Force in International Law. Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (No. 53). Cambridge University Press
    Cambridge University Press

    Cambridge University Press is a printer and publisher granted a Royal Letters Patent by Henry VIII of England in 1534. It is the world's oldest continually operating book publisher....
    . ISBN 0521873886.
  • referring to threat of force.