Article 51 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty provision of the United Nations Charter

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations Charter Article	1
United Nations Charter Article 51	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ provision of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
adoptedAt	San Francisco Conference ⓘ surface form: 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	Article 51 of the United Nations Charter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	International Court of Justice ⓘ surface form: Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) International Court of Justice ⓘ surface form: Nicaragua v. United States of America (1986) International Court of Justice ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → category → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Article

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → composedOf → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 42 of the United Nations Charter → distinguishedFrom → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

North Atlantic Treaty → legalBasis → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 → relatedDocument → Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Article 51