Article 2 - State Responsibility

Article 2. This article lists down the elements of what constitute International wrongful act of a state. Means both wrongful acts and omission to act will hold a state responsible (if  such  an  omission  violates  an  International Obligation.) The  Act  should  also  be attributable to a state if it cannot be attributed then the state cannot be held responsible. For example the "Nicaragua Case", 1986 and also the Pakistan India example given above where the acts complained of by the Indian army were not attributable to Pakistan or Pakistanis. A state should not be held responsible on the basis of a mere allegation.