State responsibility - Circumstances precluding wrongfulness

5 important questions on State responsibility - Circumstances precluding wrongfulness

What does consent mean as a circumstance that precludes wrongfulness

Valid consent by a state to the commission of an act as long as the act does not exceed the limits of that consent

What does lawful countermeasures mean as a circumstance that precludes wrongfulness

A state that responds to another's states internationally wrongful acts because there is no centralizes mandatory enforcement of the international law

Which four conditions should these countermeasures meet?

- Their purpose should be to induce the other state to comply with its international obligations
- Some objects cannot be the object of countermeasures; human rights and jus cogens
- It must be proportional
- The set of procedural requirements of art. 52(1)
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When is something force majeure?

When there is an occurrence of an irresistible force or of an unforeseen event, beyond the control of the state. However, the state cannot have contributed to the situation or summed the risk

What is the rule with precluding wrongfulness over jus cogens norms?

You cannot preclude the wrongfulness of any act that violates a peremptory norm/jus cogens.

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