9 According to Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, which of the following statements regarding
self-defense is NOT correct?
(A) Article 51 recognizes the States’ inherent right of individual or collective self-defense.
(B) The premise of self-defense is that a State is under an armed attack.
(C) The right of self-defense as part of customary international law originated from the 1986 International
Court of Justice Nicaragua Judgment.
(D) The criteria for determining whether an “armed attack” occurs include the “scale and effects” of the
attack.