{
  "canonicalUrl": "https://xn--mwe.com/glossary/unable-or-unwilling-doctrine/",
  "claimStatus": "DISPUTED",
  "code": "K01-TERM-126",
  "correctionStatus": "CURRENT K05 RELEASE",
  "definition": "A contested doctrine asserting that a state may act against a non-state threat in another state's territory when the territorial state cannot or will not suppress the threat.",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "name": "Unable or Unwilling Doctrine",
  "not": "It is not universally accepted law and does not eliminate necessity, proportionality, attribution, sovereignty, compensation, or reporting questions.",
  "plain": "The argument that a host state's failure to stop a dangerous group can justify limited cross-border action.",
  "relatedTermCodes": [
    "K01-TERM-035",
    "K01-TERM-036",
    "K01-TERM-051",
    "K01-TERM-105",
    "K01-TERM-106",
    "K01-TERM-107",
    "K01-TERM-108",
    "K01-TERM-121"
  ],
  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
  "researchCutoff": "2026-08-16",
  "slug": "unable-or-unwilling-doctrine",
  "sourceRevalidatedAt": "2026-08-15T23:00:00Z",
  "status": "DISPUTED",
  "topic": "law-jurisdiction",
  "type": "DefinedTerm"
}