Use of Force Tag

[Janaha Selvaraj is a lecturer at the Department of Legal Studies of The Open University of Sri Lanka. She holds LL.B (Hons) from University of Colombo and LL.M in International Law from the South Asian University, New Delhi, India] Introduction Recent United States (US) military action against Venezuela raises familiar but unresolved questions about the prohibition on the use of force in international law....

[Winona Xu teaches international law and reproductive health at UCLA] Introduction As of September 15, 2025, eight weeks after Israel’s Operation Rising Lion (June 13) and the U.S. companion strikes (Operation Midnight Hammer, June 21–22) on Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, the immediate legal question has fused with an acute non‑proliferation and nuclear‑safety crisis. The IAEA still cannot verify the fate of Iran’s...