Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America)

ICJ Reports 1986, p. 14 · International Court of Justice

Collective self-defence requires an armed attack and a request by the victim State; the United States failed to justify its force against Nicaragua.

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Related sections:

Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 2(4) — Prohibition of the threat or use of force
Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 51 — Inherent right of individual or collective self-defence
Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 39–42 — Chapter VII: threats to the peace and Security Council measures