Mr Zimmerman says that he acted in self-defence after an altercation broke out with Martin.
Nevertheless, it firmly rejects any expansion of the scope of self-defence under Article 51.
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It will only ever be used in self-defence, and will never fight outside Swiss territory.
Mr Fitzsimons has said he shot the men in self-defence after an altercation broke out.
Terry Kennedy has to have his right hand amputated after he puts it up in self-defence.
Israel says the action was self-defence following eight years of rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
No hunter, and nobody interested purely in self-defence, needs a semi-automatic rifle with a 100-round magazine.
He also sidelined the army and relied on local self-defence militias, known as Kamajors.
Their brief domestic bliss is shattered when Fay murders the trooper's homicidal former mistress in self-defence.
Proceedings against the 21-year-old, who said he had acted in self-defence, were dropped four months later.
The boy, who was 14 at the time, denied manslaughter and said it was self-defence.
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In theory, their rules of engagement allow the allies to fire only in self-defence.
Failing that, India must show that its self-defence can be both ruthless and restricted.
The government still organises a self-defence force against the remaining factions of the Shining Path.
Mr Lebedev says Mr Polonsky was about to hit him so he acted in self-defence.
In the second phase of the conflict, then, Russia broke the law and Georgia acted in self-defence.
She said she escaped and shot him in self-defence using a gun he kept on a shelf.
In practice, they have defined self-defence to include punishment bombings after any Iraqi challenge to their authority.
America must show that the attack is within its right to self-defence and that it is proportionate.
How can he build a national security force out of an untrustworthy army and the self-defence militias?
So far the brotherhood's self-defence has consisted, Mr Gertz says, of orchestrating a press campaign against him.
The police logged it as an assault, and said the nurse had acted instinctively and in self-defence.
Around the perimeter of the property, members of the self-defence force have taken up positions at five-metre intervals.
However, family members said he acted in self-defence after the officials stormed his home and assaulted his parents.
He pleaded not guilty claiming he acted in self-defence but was found guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court.
The main group was the AUC - the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, which officially at least has demobilised.
But Mr Holder said Bin Laden was a lawful military target, whose killing was "an act of national self-defence".
The group also appealed to Kurdish leaders to drop demands for a "self-defence militia" in Kurdish areas of Turkey.
Bristol Crown Court heard she felt under attack and had acted in self-defence.
Rahim had claimed he was acting in self-defence in connection with the murder, which was rejected by the jury.
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