Comment: Does It Matter if U.S. Strike on Iran Was Lawful?

Comment: Does it matter if U.S. strike on Iran was lawful?

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington In international and domestic law, the question may never get a clear verdict. The bigger question: Was it wise? Comment: Does it matter if U.S. strike on Iran was lawful? Wire Service

US and Israeli strikes on Iran violate international law - Lukashenko

Such attacks could pose a danger to people all over the globe, the Belarusian leader has said. The US and Israel have brazenly violated a host of international agreements by striking Iranian nuclear facilities, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said. He warned that consequences of such actions could have been catastrophic. Israel launched strikes on Iran's nuclear and military infrastructure on June 13, a day after the International …

U.S. Strikes on Iran Redraw Global Calculus of Use of Force

Perceived readiness of US to employ force instead of negotiations could have knock-on effects around the world

The Legality of Preemptive Strike in International Law

The legality of preemptive strikes in international law remains one of the most debated and controversial issues in global relations. A preemptive strike refers to a military attack initiated on the belief that an enemy is planning an imminent offensive. This doctrine, while rooted in the idea of self-defense, challenges the established norms of international […] The post The Legality of Preemptive Strike in International Law appeared first on M…

What is the legality of U.S. strikes on Iran?

When can a country retaliate in self-defence under the UN Charter? Why have some nations argued that the conditions are too rigid to address contemporary security threats? What is pre-emptive self-defence? Is this allowed by international law?

Some insights from the US strikes in Iran: Aggression and the limits of self-defence

Since the US military aircraft attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities last week, international law experts have been split on whether there was a violation of international law. A close examination of the attack makes clear that they constituted ‘aggression’, an aggravated form of ‘use of force’, and hence the U.S.’s position of portraying the attacks as self-defence is largely untenable.