STATES AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. What are the criteria for a State to exercise the right of individual or collective self-defense?

(1) A State must have been the victim of an armed attack;

(2) This State must declare itself as a victim of an armed attack; and

(3) In the case of collective self-defense – the victim State must request for assistance

(4) The absence of a report may be one of the factors indicating whether the State in question was itself convinced that it was acting in self-defense

2. Are the MNLF and MILF Insurgents?

No. The MNLF and MILF are not insurgents, because they do not satisfy the Material Field Application of Protocol II, which is to posssess definite form of international personality by (1) being recognized as having belligerent status against the state (2) seen as having treaty making capacity.

3. What are the Principal Organs of the UN?

Principal Organs of the UN:

1. General Assembly 2. Security Council 3. Economic and Social Council 4. Trusteeship Council 5. Secretariat6. ICJ 7. Regional Organizations (ASEAN

4. Can a state sue on behalf on its citizen against another state?

Yes. It is an elementary principle of international law that a State is entitled to protect its subjects, when injured by acts contrary to international law committed by another State. A State is in reality asserting its own rights—its right to ensure, in the person of its subjects, respect for the rules of international law.