Alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and prohibition of non-intervention
Radosław Fordoński
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztyniehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8127-5986
Wojciech Kasprzak
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztyniehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3683-7825
Abstract
Article involves principle of non-intervetion in the context of a alleged Russian alleged Russian interference in the US 58th quadrennial presidential election. Analysis includes review of methods and means of the 2016 cyberintervention, based on a January 2017 assessment of the US intelligence community and 2018 indictments prepared by the Office of Special Counsel. It is followed by examination of legal Nature and scope of the principle of non-intervention under contemporary treaty and customary international law. In the last section conclusions will be drawn in relation to the applicability of the legal framework relating to non-intervention to the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Keywords:
prohibition of intervention under contemporary treaty and customary law, intervention in cyberspace, interference in elections, 2016 US presidential election.References
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Fordoński, R., & Kasprzak, W. (2019). Alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and prohibition of non-intervention. Studia Prawnoustrojowe, (42), 113–136. https://doi.org/10.31648/sp.5021
