Pravedni rat – osvrt na staru doktrinu u suvremeno doba i slučaj ruske intervencije u Ukrajini 2014. godine ; Just war – reference to an old doctrine in contemporary times and the case of the Russian intervention in Ukraine in 2014 ; A fair war – a reflection on the old doctrine in the modern era and the case of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in 2014; JUST war – reference to an old doctrine in contemporary times and the case of the Russian intervention in Ukraine in 2014

Vođenje rata, kao jedna od najstarijih „aktivnosti“ čovječanstva, oduvijek se pokušavalo opravdati. Kao rezultat takvih nastojanja proizašao je već zarana pojam pravednog rata. Taj je pojam proživio stoljeća i tisućljeća ljudskog postojanja dok nije suočen s apsolutnom zabranom rata u 20. stoljeću. Međutim ni tada nije nestao. Ne više izričito „ratovi“, već različiti slučajevi upotrebe sile opravdavaju se na jednak ili sličan način kao i „klasični“ ratovi s pomoću elemenata pojma pravednog rata. U 2014. godini dogodila se intervencija jedne suverene države u drugoj, koja se pokušala opravdati elementima pojma pravednog rata. ; The concept of a just war developed as an effort to restrict wars by rules of conduct during a state of war, and to limit the causes of starting war in the first place. The main elements of the concept of a just war were set and elaborated by St. Thomas Aquinas. In his understanding, war could only be justified if three criteria were met: a) war is declared by a sovereign authority (auctoritas principis); b) the war has a just cause (iusta causa); c) and there is also a righteous intention (recta intentio) of those waging the war, which is the promotion of good and avoidance of evil. In the 20th century, an absolute prohibition of war was introduced by the UN Charter. However, some space was left for the legitimate use of force in two cases – in the case of self-defence and in the case of a collective action of the United Nations when there is a threat to peace, disruption of peace, or an act of aggression. However, self-defence has proved to be an incredibly elastic term (ranging from interceptive, the controversial aspect of anticipatory, to the most controversial of all, pre-emptive self-defence). There have also been attempts to subsume actions, under collective actions, that do not belong there. In addition to the dubious forms of self-defence, in the last 70 years countries have also used force in various other situations that could not be subsumed under self-defence, and which, by ...