集団的自衛権

Japanese

Kanji in this term
集	団	的	自	衛	権
しゅう Grade: 3	だん Grade: 5	てき Grade: 4	じ Grade: 2	えい Grade: 5	けん Grade: 6
kan’on	goon	kan’on	goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
集團的自衞權 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 集団的 (shūdanteki, “collective”) +‎ 自衛権 (jieiken, “right of self-defense”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうだんてきじえ​ーけん [shùúdáńtékí jíéꜜèkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [8])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːdã̠nte̞kʲi d͡ʑie̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

集(しゅう)団(だん)的(てき)自(じ)衛(えい)権(けん) • (shūdanteki jieiken) 

1. (international law) right of collective self-defense

   Coordinate term: 個別的自衛権 (kobetsuteki jieiken)

   • 2013 May 31, 日本弁護士連合会, “集団的自衛権の行使容認に反対する決議 [Resolution Opposing the Approval of Exercising the Right to Collective Self-Defense]”, in 日本弁護士連合会 [Japan Federation of Bar Associations]‎^[1]:

     集(しゅう)団(だん)的(てき)自(じ)衛(えい)権(けん)とは、政(せい)府(ふ)解(かい)釈(しゃく)によると「自(じ)国(こく)と密(みっ)接(せつ)な関(かん)係(けい)にある外(がい)国(こく)に対(たい)する武(ぶ)力(りょく)攻(こう)撃(げき)を、自(じ)国(こく)が直(ちょく)接(せつ)攻(こう)撃(げき)されていないにもかかわらず、実(じつ)力(りょく)をもって阻(そ)止(し)する権(けん)利(り)」である。

     Shūdanteki jieiken to wa, seifu kaishaku ni yoru to “jikoku to missetsu na kankei ni aru gaikoku ni taisuru buryoku kōgeki o, jikoku ga chokusetsu kōgeki sarete inai ni mo kakawarazu, jitsuryoku o motte soshi suru kenri” de aru.

     The right of collective self-defense is, according to the government’s interpretation, "the right of a state to use armed strength to stop an armed attack on another country with which it has close relations, even if the state itself is not under direct attack."