The prohibition of threats of force, although included in Article 2 of the
United Nations (UN) Charter, among the principles upon which the United
Nations is built, often plays a secondary role in the maintenance of international
peace and security. The aim of the present paper is to verify how
violations of the prohibition of threats of force influence its current status.
To this end, the paper is divided into three major parts. The first briefly
discusses the conditions of the legality of threats of force. The second
presents two examples of threats of force: when threats of force were
followed by the use of force, as well as when no use of force took place after
the threats of force were made. The final part of the paper discusses the status
of the prohibition, examining whether it is a case of non-application, falling
into desuetude, silent contestation, or mere violation of a legal norm.
