States do have a right to self-defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defence_in_international_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defence_in_internatio

States do have a right to self-defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defence_in_international_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defence_in_international_... What state does not? It's the individual that generally has no right to self defense, if measured by the ability to mount an effective armed self defense. In most countries, the individual is as expendable as a red blood cell is to the overall organism. They are not prevented from fighting back per se, but this natural right is severely and harshly limited.