Circumstances precluding wrongfulness
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Circumstances precluding wrongfulness |
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A specific cyber-relation action or omission will only constitute an internationally wrongful act in the absence of circumstances precluding its wrongfulness.[1]
The wrongfulness of specific conduct is precluded if one of the following conditions is met:
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National positions[edit | edit source]
Czech Republic (2024)[edit | edit source]
"61. The Czech Republic recognises that wrongfulness of a cyber activity is precluded in the case of consent, self-defence, countermeasures in respect of internationally wrongful act, force majeure, distress or necessity."[8]
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Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Cf. ILC Articles on State Responsibility, commentary to Part One, chapter V, para 1 (“The existence in a given case of a circumstance precluding wrongfulness ... provides a shield against an otherwise well-founded claim for the breach of an international obligation”).
- ↑ ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Art 20.
- ↑ ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Art 21.
- ↑ ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Arts 22 and 49–54.
- ↑ ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Art 23.
- ↑ ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Art 24.
- ↑ ILC Articles on State Responsibility, Art 25.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, "Czech Republic - Position paper on the application of international law in cyberspace" (27 February 2024) 15 (footnotes omitted).