RULES FOR THE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS AND MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW

Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 13

Abstract

<i/>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.</i>

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Piotr MILIK

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Piotr MILIK (2016). RULES FOR THE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS AND MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW. UNKNOWN, 4(13), 50-78. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-233232