Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Publication Title

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law

Publication Title (Abbreviation)

Colum. J. Transnat'l L.

Volume

31

First Page

551

Last Page

586

Abstract

What are the moral principles bearing on operations such as an international abduction? International abductions are part of a larger category of international acts referred to as "low-intensity" operations. Can these acts be morally justified in time of peace? Can one nation, for example, rightfully claim that abductions of persons who are suspected of horrendous crimes by agents of another country violate the first country's sovereignty? Does the interest of the other country in bringing such persons to trial outweigh that sovereignty claim? If not, what interest of the second country could possibly justify the abduction? In any case, are abductions ever morally justifiable?

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© 1994 Fernando R. Tesón

Comments

First published in Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.

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http://archive.law.fsu.edu/faculty/fteson.html

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