Letter from the Committee Specialist to
the Parliamentary Relations and Devolution Department, FCO
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Committee took
evidence on the doctrines of anticipatory self-defence and of
humanitarian intervention in international law, as part of the
War against Terrorism inquiry. Following the evidence session,
the Committee instructed me to write and request the Foreign Office's
comments on the modalities of changing the legal framework of
anticipatory self-defence, and of humanitarian intervention, with
particular reference to the potential role of the United Nations
Security Council in such a process and to the role of the Proliferation
Security Initiative (PSI).
I would be grateful if I could receive a response
to this request no later than Monday 21 June.
Kit Dawnay
Committee Specialist
9 June 2004
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