The attribution of internationally wrongful acts to state in the law of state responsibility

Our study is about attribution of internationally wrongful act to state. Rules relating to attribution of acts contrary to international law will become even more important in the 21st century as the international community is increasingly engaged with non state actors like terrorists, private military companies and cyber hackers. The basic question of our study is determined as follows: Under what circumstances will the acts of the private persons be attributable to the State? What are the rules of international law regarding to this question. In the first chapter, The existing rules about attribution of internationally wrongful act to stateis examined. In the second part, attribution rules about private persons is analysed. In the third part, how the current rules are applying military groups, private military companies, terrorist activities and cyber attack activities is studied. Keywords: State Responsibility in International Law, Internationally Wrongful Act of State, Effective Control, Overall Control, Terrorist Activities, Private Military Companies, Cyber Attacks