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Extraterritorial Law-Enforcement: Combating Non-State Actors

Tilburg Law Review, 2013
This is the text of a lecture, presented by Professor Yoram Dinstein at Tilburg University, outlining some key aspects of international humanitarian law as regards the principle of distinction; the principle of proportionality; direct participation in ...
Chris van Dam
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Dying in self-defence: a comparative overview of immunogenic cell death signalling in animals and plants. [PDF]

Cell Death Differ, 2023
Maekawa T, Kashkar H, Coll NS.
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Influence of Exogenous Ethylene and Mechanical Damage on Gene Expression and Physiological Parameters of Maize Hybrids

Agronomy
This study investigated the responses of two maize hybrids, Armagnac and Desszert R-78, to exogenous ethylene and mechanical damage as stress treatments.
Péter Makleit, Gabriella Gulyás, Levente Czeglédi, Szilvia Veres   +3 more
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Lessons in self-defence: inhibition of virus entry by intrinsic immunity. [PDF]

Nat Rev Immunol, 2022
Majdoul S, Compton AA.
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Targeted Killings of Suspected Terrorists in the Light of the Right of Self-defence

Paix et Sécurité Internationales, 2015
The aim of this paper is to examine and discuss if the use of drones -when used as an offensive weapon to end the life of suspected terrorists- validly falls within the scope of application of Article 51 of the UN Charter.
Jacqueline HELLMAN, Raquel REGUEIRO
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Why do People Train Martial Arts? Participation Motives of German and Japanese Karateka

Societies, 2018
Meyer’s (2012) qualitative research on motivation of German karateka initiated the coordinated research project Why Martial Arts? (WMA) to analyse motives in various martial arts styles, like jūdō, taiji, krav maga and wing chun.
Martin Meyer, Heiko Bittmann
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The Myth of National Self-Defence [PDF]

, 2014
The right of national self-defence—though deeply entrenched and of long-standing—is a myth, unsupported by coherent moral reasoning. Were states to possess the extraordinary defensive rights attributed by just war theory and the laws of armed conflict, it would have to be the case that states or proto-state groups possess an unusual form of moral value
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Improving Access to Justice for Women Who Kill Their Abusers: Practitioner Insights and Experiences

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Over the past decade, Australia has made significant reforms aimed at improving legal understandings of intimate partner violence, women’s use of force and their access to self-defence. While some courts have recognised the cumulative effects of coercive
Danielle Tyson, Bronwyn Naylor, Stella Tarrant   +2 more
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RE- Apraisal of Anticipatory Self- Defence in the 21st Century [PDF]

Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2013
While an overwhelming majority of states have hitherto not exercised any form ofanticipatory self-defense, believing that it may lay foundation for an ominousprecedent, the question remains as to why some writers insist on promoting theconcept.
Hossein Sharifi Tarazkoohi, Victor Barin Chaharbakhsh   +1 more
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Should military robots that are designed to evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield carry small arms for self-defence the same way human military personnel does?

Contemporary Challenges
While medical personnel are protected from attack under the laws of war, they are permitted to carry small arms for self-defence and the defence of those in their care in acknowledgement of the reality that they are sometimes unlawfully targeted.
Amelia Erin Retter
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