Right of self-defense

Right for people to use reasonable force or defensive force

In certain circumstances, the right of self-defense permits people to commit what would otherwise be a wrong for the purposes of self-defense, which may include defending one's life, property, and bodily integrity, or the defense of others. The right, when it applies to the defense of another, is also called alter ego defense, defense of others, or defense of a third person. In international law, states also have an analogous right to self-defense in relation to their existence and independence.

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