UN organs play a significant role in implementing the law of State responsibility in global security contexts. This book analyses how the ICJ, the General Assembly and the Security Council contribute to the implementation of the laws of State responsibility, using transnational terrorism as its principal case study.

• Introduction


• 1: Crossing the Conceptual Rubicon: Better Understanding Secondary Norms of State Responsibility


• 2: State Responsibility and Global Security in the Light of Unforeseen Transnational Phenomena


• 3: Assessing Existing Institutional Mechanisms in Implementing State Responsibility


• 4: Institutionalizing the Implementation of State Responsibility in Counterterrorism Contexts: The Interplay between the Security Council and International Legal Norms


• 5: Drawing on Self-Contained Regimes: The Connection between Use of Force and State Responsibility


• 6: Please Kill Responsibly: Counteracting Global Security Violations with Force


• Conclusion

Dr Vincent-Joël Proulx is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore. He previously served a three-year term as Special Assistant to the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). His past appointments also included serving as Legal Officer to the Vice-President of the ICJ, Quebec Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Law Clerk at both the ICJ and Court of Appeal for Ontario.