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Reprisals as a Method of Enforcing International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2009

Fiona Mckinnon
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Abstract

Reprisals originally served individuals seeking redress for an injustice suffered abroad. The concept, however, has undergone extensive development. Nowadays, reprisals are -in themselves illegal- retaliatory measures used by one state seeking redress for an illegal act committed by another. The prerequisites for legal reprisals areformulated in the Naulilaa Incident arbitration of 1928. In her examination of the recent history of the concept of reprisals, this arbitration is the author's starting point. After this examination she compares reprisals to other methods of redress. Finally, she investigates the limitation of the use of reprisals as laid down in humanitarian law treaties.

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Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , September 1991 , pp. 221 - 248
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Copyright © Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law 1991

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