Regime change on the pretext of forcible protection of nationals abroad: selected case studies including Ukraine, Dominican and Egypt
Journal: Studia Prawnoustrojowe
Year: 2022

Since 1945, multiple States, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, France, and Belgium have consistently asserted that protectingthe lives of their citizens caught in violence abroad remains an acceptablejustification for the use of force. The view has been widely accepted by theinternational community, at least concerning hostage rescue and crisis evacuation military operations. Quite a scarce State practice regarding the thirdform of extraterritorial defence of nationals, fo