Talk:United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314

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I do not agree with the language used in this article. Careful examination of the Nicaragua Case shows that at least Article 3(g) of the Definition is codifying international customary law, thereby also reflecting binding law and it becomes, as a result of the codification binding. - Jorik12 15:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Can you document that? If so, it might be worth adding to the article. -- ChrisO 16:13, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Any attack, bombardment, etc. is an act of aggression?

Acts of aggression are defined as armed invasions or attacks, bombardments, blockades, armed violations of territory,

But all these were also perpetrated by the Allies (USSR, US, UK, etc.) against Germany in the second part of WW2!. It is absurd to call it "aggression by the Allies", and yet it was, according to this definition. Therefore, the definition is wrong. What is missing is a qualifier like "innitiating", "unprovoked" and such.--AlexL 21:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Not so. Read the article carefully! "The definition's distinction between an act of aggression and a war of aggression make it clear that not every act of aggression would constitute a crime against peace; only war of aggression does. States would nonetheless be held responsible for acts of aggression." In the case of the Allies, our attacks on Germany were acts of aggression, but they would have been legal because they were part of a defensive war; Germany's acts of aggression against its neighbours would have been illegal, because they were part of an unprovoked war of conquest. -- ChrisO 00:30, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misleading title

This article is currently titled Aggression (war crime), even though it deals almost exclusively with UNGA Resolution 3314.

I see no reason why there should be two separate articles called Aggression (war crime) and War of aggression, so I'm renaming this article United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314, and redirecting Aggression (war crime) to War of aggression. Sideshow Bob Roberts 02:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)