Ukrayna’ya Silah Tedarikinin Hukuki Çerçevesi

The right of self-defense, which constitutes an exception to the prohibition on the use of force stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter, can be used individually by the attacked state, as well as collectively. In this context, it is argued that the arms supply to Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine war was made by some states with the aim of supporting Ukraine's individual legal right to defense. However, depending on the circumstances, the arms supply may also be interpreted as the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, and in this case, the arms-supplying states may be considered as war parties. In the article, the legal consequences of the arms supply to Ukraine are presented and evaluated in the light of the legal right to self-defense, as well as the classical law of neutrality and the status of not being a party to the war, which arises in connection with aiding the attacked state, and humanitarian law.