State Responsibility
State Responsibility : The principle that States bear primary responsibility for the functions of protecting the physical security and lives of their citizens and promoting their welfare. During Complex Emergencies occurring within their territories, this includes initiating, organizing, coordinating, and implementing humanitarian assistance programs. State responsibility also means that national political authorities are responsible to the citizens internally and to the international community through the UN, and are accountable for their acts of commission and omission. This principle was recently reinforced by the International Law Commission in its final report on State Responsibility, adopted in 2001, as draft Article I of the report provides that: "Every internationally wrongful act of a State entails the international responsibility of that State". (OCHA)
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