For decades, international law did not allow one country to attack another that was using chemical weapons on its own people without UN approval. That’s changed, which means trouble for Syria.
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While the Syria strikes were clearly violating international law, using force to uphold the ban on chemical weapons is becoming acceptable in the international community.
The United Nations Charter doesn’t allow the use of military force to prevent chemical weapons attacks — no matter how evil — without UN Security Council approval. That needs to change.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
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Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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Reader in International Relations, University of Westminster
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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ARC Linkage Fellow, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy & ANU Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Sydney
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