ABSTRACT
All legal systems provide for consequences arising from failure to observe obligations imposed by their rules. International law is no different in that every state which is in breach of the obligations imposed upon it by international law must bear responsibility for that breach. In the Spanish Zones of Morocco Claims: Great Britain v Spain (1925) 2 RIAA 615 Judge Hubert said that:
‘Responsibility is the necessary corollary of a right. All rights of an international character involve international responsibility. If the obligation in question is not met, responsibility entails the duty to make reparations.’
