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5. State Responsibility | Japan
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5.1 Attributing the Abduction of Japanese Citizens to North Korea through its Agents

International responsibility of a State is established if it commits an internationally wrongful act. The constituent elements of an internationally wrongful act are attribution/imputablity of the conduct to the State and its breach of or incompatibility with international obligations (United …

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Banzai, Hiroyuki, “5. State Responsibility | Japan”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 22 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_1022>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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