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The Lessons Of 9/11 For October 7, Mary Ellen O'Connell
The Lessons Of 9/11 For October 7, Mary Ellen O'Connell
NDLS in the News
October 7 is being called Israel’s 9/11. The comparison is apt for the lessons that can be learned as to the legality of launching a ground offensive to respond to terrorism.
Twenty Years Of Drone Attacks, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Twenty Years Of Drone Attacks, Mary Ellen O'Connell
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On November 2, 2002, the United States conducted its first targeted killings using a drone. CIA agents based in Djibouti launched the drone’s two Hellfire missiles at a vehicle traveling in rural Yemen, killing six...
Russia-Ukraine: Resolving The World’S Most Dangerous Conflict, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Russia-Ukraine: Resolving The World’S Most Dangerous Conflict, Mary Ellen O'Connell
NDLS in the News
Since late 2021, Russia has massed around 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, raising the specter of another use of force against its neighbor. The Russia-Ukraine crisis began in earnest in February 2014, when Russian troops spread out from their Black Sea naval base to take control of the Crimean Peninsula. Russia put forward a variety of familiar legal justifications at the time—intervention by invitation, humanitarian intervention, restoration of Russian borders, and self-defense. In my analysis, none of these attempts came close to excusing a serious violation of the United Nations Charter Article 2(4) prohibition on the use of …
Concluding Rejoinder: The Art Of International Law And Altruism Of International Lawyers, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Concluding Rejoinder: The Art Of International Law And Altruism Of International Lawyers, Mary Ellen O'Connell
NDLS in the News
In the introductory essay, I sought to apply The Art of Law in the International Community as a response not only to military force and other ills but to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four colleagues have contributed on how they believe the book works and could work better. They have done so at a time of extraordinary challenge and in a spirit of generosity toward the goal we all seek, the flourishing of the created world.
The Killing Of Soleimani And International Law, Mary Ellen O'Connell
The Killing Of Soleimani And International Law, Mary Ellen O'Connell
NDLS in the News
On 3 January, missiles launched from a United States Reaper drone struck two vehicles leaving Baghdad’s international airport. At least seven people died in the attack, including the commander of Iran’s Quds force, General Qassem Soleimani. On 5 January, Iranian Major General Hossein Dehghan, reported to be the military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, gave an exclusive interview to CNN and said Iran “would retaliate directly against US ‘military sites.’”
Drone Attacks On Saudi Aramco Oil Installations, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Drone Attacks On Saudi Aramco Oil Installations, Mary Ellen O'Connell
NDLS in the News
Half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production has been stopped by air attacks involving drones and possibly cruise missiles on 14 September 2019. Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has asserted by tweet that Iran is responsible because there is “no evidence the attacks came from Yemen” and Iran is behind “100” attacks on Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has since released satellite imagery showing immense smoke clouds. Unnamed American officials say 19 sites were struck. According to the BBC, on 16 September, ‘UK, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was not …
The Prohibition Of The Use Of Force, Mary O'Connell
The Prohibition Of The Use Of Force, Mary O'Connell
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This chapter concerns the central international legal rule against violence: Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter. Article 2(4) generally prohibits the use of force by states. It is a treaty rule that is also widely regarded as a rule of customary international law and, indeed, in certain respects, as a peremptory rule or rule of jus cogens. Article 2(4) was adopted along with the rest of the Charter in 1945 after the catastrophe of the Second World War in which an estimated 60 million people died. Despite its relatively recent adoption, Article 2(4) …