This is one of my favorite, informal summaries of legitimate Use of Force.

(work is FABLES, Bill Willingham at al, Vertigo DC, volume "1001 Nights of Snowfall", 2006)

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Evaluating Israel’s Strikes in Iran

It has been argued that Israel's “Operation Rising Lion” cannot be justified under jus ad bellum, because it fails the necessity and proportionality criteria for self-defense. This post contends that such analysis misapplies standards. An international armed conflict (IAC) exists between Iran and Israel since at leas

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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/evaluating-israels-strikes-in-iran/

#PSA: #LawOfWar is being discussed more often with #CurrentEvents and #Journalism over the past two years.

#Wikipedia has an excellent article introducing you to the topic, with many resources. The #Law of #War regulates initiating #warfare ( #JusAdBellum - what justifies starting a conflict) and how it is conducted ( #JusInBellum - what you cannot do while warring.)

Their point is to mitigate the hardships of war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_war
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.33_GC-IV-EN.pdf

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In April, I wrote this paper discussing Russia's aggression against #Ukraine, the challenges to prosecute the crime of #aggression, and the strengths and weaknesses of seven mechanisms proposed to overcome them.

I have uploaded the draft to SSRN and would be more than happy to hear your comments.

Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4276933

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