An Assessment of International Legal Issues in Information Operations

Abstract

International law consists of binding legal obligations among sovereign states. Two of the basic principles of the international legal system are that sovereign states are legally equal and independent actors in the world community, and that they generally assume legal obligations only by affirmatively agreeing to do so. The most effective instruments in creating international law are international agreements, which may be either bilateral or multilateral. Some of these agreements, such as the United Nations Charter, establish international institutions that the parties agree to invest with certain authority. It is also generally accepted that there is a body of customary international law, which consists of practices that have been so widely followed by the community of nations, with the understanding that compliance is mandatory, that they are considered to be legally obligatory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADB257057

Entities

People

  • Phillip A. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Areas
  • Commerce
  • Computer Networks
  • Control Systems
  • Criminals
  • Geography
  • Information Operations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Aircraft
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Treaties
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.