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Striking A Grotian Moment: How The Syria Airstrikes Changed International Law Relating To Humanitarian Interventions, Michael P. Scharf
Striking A Grotian Moment: How The Syria Airstrikes Changed International Law Relating To Humanitarian Interventions, Michael P. Scharf
Faculty Publications
In the years since the 1999 NATO airstrikes on Serbia to prevent ethnic cleansing of the Kosovar Albanians, international law has been moving in fits and starts toward recognition of a limited right of humanitarian intervention in the absence of Security Council approval. But all the ingredients necessary for the crystallization of customary international law were not present until the April 14, 2018 U.S./French/U.K. airstrikes on Syrian chemical weapons facilities. This article examines the unique features of the April 2018 airstrikes – the context of a crisis of historic proportions, the focus on preventing the use of chemical weapons, the …
Klatsky Endowed Lecture In Human Rights, Catherine Marchi-Uhel
Klatsky Endowed Lecture In Human Rights, Catherine Marchi-Uhel
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
Catherine Marchi-Uheldiscusses widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian lawm which the international community should address.