RULES FOR THE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS AND MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW
This study investigates the contents of key documents of international rank regulating the transfer of weapons and military technologies in order to mark the principles that rule this kind of state activity. The following principles have been pointed out: the principle of minimizing the consumption...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wydawnictwo Akademii Sztuki Wojennej
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Security and Defence Quarterly |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journalssystem.com/sdq/RULES-FOR-THE-TRANSFER-OF-WEAPONS-nAND-MILITARY-TECHNOLOGY-IN-THE-LIGHT-nOF-CONTEMPORARY,103233,0,2.html |
| Summary: | This study investigates the contents of key documents of international rank regulating the
transfer of weapons and military technologies in order to mark the principles that rule this kind
of state activity. The following principles have been pointed out: the principle of minimizing the
consumption of the world’s human and economic resources for armaments; the principle of respect
in the transfers of weapons and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations; the principle
of transparency in the transfer of weapons and military technology; the principle of limitation of
armaments as a factor constituting a threat to peace and national, regional and international
security; the principle of the regulation of transfer of weapons in the domestic law of states; and the
principle of respect for humanitarian law and human rights in international military transfers. |
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| ISSN: | 2300-8741 2544-994X |