Spravedlivá válka: principy ius ad bellum a jejich možná revize

Abstract

The text discusses the theory of the just war, which was formed in the tradition of Western political thought and reflected in the institutional structure of international relations that emerged after the Second World War. The six principles of jus ad bellum, which are generally held to be the key principles of just war theory, are discussed first. It transpires that these principles were formulated on the basis of the experience of classic military conflicts between sovereign states. The possibility of their revision is then discussed in connection with the new types of military conflicts that have emerged in the meantime, whether this is the wars that occurred in the last century during decolonization, the more recent war on terrorism, or the various hybrid conflicts of the present-day.

Keywords

• just war
• principles of jus ad bellum
• international law
• sovereignty
• aggression