An offensive military operation qualifies as defensive the moment the target strikes back, we now learn from Starmer.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/01/uk-to-allow-us-to-use-british-bases-for-defensive-strikes-against-iran

Article 51 of the #UN charter states, «Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations».
https://legal.un.org/repertory/art51.shtml

The UK adds to a long list of "creative" uses of #article51.
https://www.justsecurity.org/121542/increasing-use-article-51-unsc/
https://www.justsecurity.org/132894/us-israel-iran-war-legal-options/

UK to allow US to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iran

Keir Starmer says the UK has not been involved in the US-Israeli strikes, but warned that 200,000 British people are in countries being targeted by Iran

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Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/hedges-report-un-members-complicit-in-genocide/
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…
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Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years of genocide, it is no longer possible to

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Deuxième plénière avec Valletoux, ministre délégué à la santé... (ancien de la #FHF) #AVEC2024 #AVECsanté

Travailler avec l'État plutôt que menacer de se déconventionner mais plutôt donner vie à l'équipe pour le financement (revoir l'ACI, ROSP d'équipe, autres sur la base des #Article51, stop au tout paiement à l'acte), pour la prévention, comme lieu de stage, ...

Fatôme : Fin des évaluations prochaine des expérimentations de rémunération « #Article51 ». En fonction des résultats, on adaptera dans le droit commun, éventuellement à la carte...
#SEGPA #IPEP #PEPS

#AVEC2024 #LaForceDuCollectif

"The crimes Israel is committing against Gaza are being committed in territory under Israel's control. The law on self-defense under #Article51 of the #UN charter therefore has no application. The publicly available evidence of the scale of destruction resulting from the bombardment of #Gaza, and the deliberate prevention of access to food, water and medicine for the people of Gaza, demonstrates that Israel is intent on eliminating the people of Gaza from Gaza."

- #SouthAfrica's case against #Israel at the #ICJ