على أن الوسائل التي يمكن أن تستعملها الدولة في حماية أمنها أو أمن مواطنيها ليست غير محدودة.
87 and 89: “[I]n situations where a state's population is threatened by violence, the state has the right and obligation to protect the population against such threats and in so doing, may use lethal force in certain situations … The means that can be used by the state while protecting its security or that of its citizens are not unlimited, however.