Gray, Christine Keywords: Afghanistan | Iraq | Self-defence | Targeted killings | Use of force | Intervention | Responsibility to protect | Humanitarian intervention | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course starts by pointing out that some scholars are in favor of a widened use of force. The first chapter is dedicated to the use of force under self-defense, and through many examples shows the limits and the exceptions of the self-defense doctrine in international law. A second chapter is dedicated to the situations of targeted k…

Caminos, Hugo Keywords: Organization of American States | Democracy | Human rights | Intervention | Mots clefs: Organisation des Etats américains | Démocratie | Droits de l'homme | Intervention | ABSTRACT The question of the international standards of legitimacy of government is attracting the attention of legal scholars. In this course, the author explains the concept of distinguishing between the promotion and protection of democratic governance. He examines the question of representative democracy in the Organization of Am…