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Use of Force Tag

17 Jul

[Taylor Kate Woodcock is a researcher in public international law at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law and Managing Editor of Opinio Juris.]  Four and a half months have passed since the Minab school bombing by United States forces in Iran on 28 February 2026, killing at least 157 people – including 120...

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16 Mar

[Berfin Deniz Çabuk (Atty.) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public International Law and Space Law at Utrecht University and a Research Associate in the Planet Stewards Project at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University] Introduction Electronic warfare has become one of the most effective and least visible tools of shaping contemporary security dynamics in outer space. By employing radiofrequency energy to...

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05 Mar

[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....

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26 Sep

[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...

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