US EditionUS and Israeli Attacks on Iran Put Further Strain on International Law
International law experts say the US-Israeli strikes on Iran breach the UN Charter and may constitute crimes of aggression amid escalating Middle East violence.
- On Monday, U.S. forces launched an attack on Iran, killing the Supreme Leader, prompting regional missile strikes, experts say it violates international law.
- Legal scholars countered that the strikes lack Security Council authorization or self-defense basis, calling the campaign 'a crime of aggression,' according to experts like Marieke de Hoon and Adil Ahmad Haque.
- Human-Rights groups documented civilian casualties and denounced the campaign; Omar Shakir said, `This war is patently illegal,` while jurists warned it would create a humanitarian disaster.
- DAWN asked the U.N. General Assembly to convene an emergency session, and the U.N. Secretary-General told the Security Council the strikes violated international law.
- Experts warned the concept of normalization of unilateral force could set dangerous precedents, with scholars cautioning it risks undermining international law and U.S. legal limits.
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