Countermeasures in response to internationally wrongful act

Abstract EN

Countermeasures are considered an effective means of stopping internationally wrongful acts and resolving international disputes peacefully, they serve as a tool for states to protect their own interests when international organizations and international courts fail to act.

therefore countermeasures are a legitimate right of states in international law, they differ from sanctions, self-defense, necessity, and economic measures, resorting to countermeasures is subject to certain conditions, however they cannot be exercised against certain categories of obligations identified by the international law commission in its 2001 draft articles on responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts.