Olga DORUL, Andrei NASTAS
This article is part of a series of scientific endeavors signed by the authors on the subject of the legal content of the status of permanent neutrality. Since there is no international treaty in this area, over time, permanently neutral states have developed their own approaches to this status, strictly adhering to the essential obligations of abstention and impartiality. Being not a “popular” status in the international system, neutrality has not sparked much interest among scholars. Most works dedicated to the status, competences, and legal personality of the state in international law are limited to outlining the rights and obligations of the permanently neutral state, largely inspired by the provisions of Law of the Hague. Under these conditions, we consider it appropriate to review the content of the right to self-defense of the permanently neutral state by identifying its foundation, forms of implementation, and the challenges it faces. The investigation was carried out exclusively within the field of public international law, consciously avoiding reflections on the neutrality policy of states. Deduction, analysis (both logical and comparative), and synthesis have allowed for the formulation of conclusive ideas to demonstrate the thesis that permanent neutrality is not an obsolete concept in the contemporary international system, nor in the system of international public law. The institution of permanent neutrality deserves to be addressed today as a tool for ensuring global stability.
