Struggle for peace (on violations of norms International Law by the North Atlantic Alliance)

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Implementation of International Law in crisis and conflict situations caused by a clash of political and economic interests, as well as cultural and historical traditions is one of the key issues in building international relations. In this perspective, understanding the foundations and specifics of the international legal responsibility of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) in the context of high armed (force, hybrid) activity of this military bloc, often carried out with violations of generally recognized principles and norms of International Law, is becoming increasingly relevant and socially significant. At the same time, if a significant number of scientific studies have been written and published on the violation of the norms of International Humanitarian Law applied in armed conflicts by NATO countries, then the implementation of International Law by the North Atlantic Alliance as a military-political bloc remains without proper conceptualization. Thus, the subject of the study is the resolution of the contradiction between the obvious violations of International Law by the North Atlantic Alliance when participating in armed (military, force, hybrid) conflicts and the need to specify and classify these violations, as well as their legal qualification. For these purposes, the article examines individual aspects of NATO functioning in the context of the Alliance’s compliance with International Law. An analytical and synthetic study is conducted of some NATO military operations for the legality of the types of weapons used in them, the methods of their use, as well as the supply of weapons and military equipment by member countries of this military organization to the zones of NATO’s operational (military, political, economic) interests. A conclusion is made on the need to promote compliance with International Law by its subjects while maintaining the key place of the United Nations Security Council in the system of international cooperation.

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Ivan V. Kholikov

Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation; Prince Alexander Nevsky Military University of the Russian Ministry of Defense

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Doctor of Law, Professor, Chief Researcher of the Center of International Law and Comparative-Legal Studies, Professor of the Chair of International Law, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation; Professor of the 25th Department of Prince Alexander Nevsky Military University of the Russian Ministry of Defense

Russian Federation, 34 B. Cheremushkinskaya str., 117218 Moscow; 14 B. Sadovaya str., 123001 Moscow

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