Professor of Public International Law, University of Exeter
Aurel Sari
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thatโs exactly how I like my croissant, starbucks: toasted into oblivion ๐
Early visitors this morning at Streatham Campus at @exeter.ac.uk
great post
Just published: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ: ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ? โฃ
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1470....
Did the law of armed conflict apply to the killing of Iranโs Supreme Leader?
AUREL SARI (@aurelsari.com) responds to a text we published last week and argues that the law of armed conflict applies from the very first act of violence in an armed conflict.
verfassungsblog.de/killing-kham...
Aurel Sari
spot on by Profs @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Marko Milanovic
My thoughts on the legal basis and justification for the UKโs military operations against Iran. Itโs complicatedโฆ
Letโs hope someone has checked in with the Cypriot authorities to see how they feel about the duties of neutral Statesโฆ
โโฆoutside an armed conflictโ?
Aurel Sari
Hostilities in the 2003 invasion of Iraq opened with an attempted decapitation strike against Saddam Hussein.
The UK has committed itself to the responsible adoption of AI technologies for military use. While the Ministry of Defence has published detailed guidance on the ethical dimension of military AI, s...
On 12 March, the UN Security Council condemned Iranโs strikes as a โbreach of international law.โ
SAFIA SOUTHEY argues the resolution is likely binding โ but methodologically flawed, as it assesses Iranโs actions while ignoring the prior use of force.
verfassungsblog.de/unsc-resolut...
The US and Israel have assassinated a sitting head of state.
SOPHIE DUROY and LUCA TRENTA on Khameneiโs killing and the normalisation of assassination as a tool of statecraft.
verfassungsblog.de/is-the-inter...
Verfassungsblog
The Ministry of Defence has said non-essential personnel and families at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus have been relocated to temporary accommodation elsewhere on the island as part of measures to strengthen security at the base.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/families-mov...
If you think I'm missing something - Gadhaffi was killed by Libyan rebels - not international targeting. Saddam wasn't head of state when he was tried and condemned by an Iraqi court. (In both cases there are plenty of objections you might make, but it wasn't a direct hit by a foreign state).
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Verfassungsblog
โWas Targeting Ayatollah Khamenei and Other Iranian Leaders Lawful? What Precedents Does It Set?โ
By Marko Milanovic and Michael Schmitt
www.justsecurity.org/133171/ayato...
The United Kingdomโs Use of Force Against Iran: Walking a Legal Tightrope?
By Professor @aurelsari.com
"The purpose of this analysis is to unpack the British position with reference to the rules governing the use of force and the events that have unfolded since Starmerโs initial statement."
