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Donald RothwellThe Conversation |
The US and Israeli strikes on Iran have not been legally justified under international law. As the Trump administration pushes an increasingly...
The US and Israeli strikes on Iran have not been legally justified under international law. As the Trump administration pushes an increasingly...
So far, Australia’s response to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran has been ‘say nothing’. But this may not be a successful long-term approach.
International law matters when it comes to something as significant as a widescale military assault on a territory of another state, resulting in the...
Ever since news broke that 34 Australians were leaving Roj camp in north-east Syria to travel to Australia, their status and travel plans have been at...
The Trump administration has used US domestic laws to justify capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s a clear case of US exceptionalism.
Flotilla organisers say the Israeli military boarded their ships in international waters, where they have the right to freedom of navigation.
Australia has placed a number of preconditions on recognition. This kind of decision has long been a complicated and political process.
The US and Israel have adopted the most wide-ranging and robust interpretations of the right of self defence. Other nations may now follow their lead.
Many nations agreed Israel had a right to self-defence after the October 7 2023 Hamas attacks. Whether this defence still holds 20 months later is now...
Many nations agreed Israel had a right to self-defence after the October 7 2023 Hamas attacks. Whether this defence still holds 20 months later is now...
International law is clear: ‘the use of starvation as a method of warfare is prohibited’. Israel’s blockade of the strip is in clear defiance of this.
China gave advance notice about its live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea – but Australia and NZ say it wasn’t enough. And that’s not the only...
The US president says he wants Greenland for security reasons. But Greenland is not terra nullius ripe for American colonisation.