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| Name: |
Agnes Hurwitz, Ph.D.
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Program Associate, Security-Development Nexus Program, International Peace Academy (IPA)
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to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
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| Reasoning: | "There is no justification under international law for the use of military force against Iraq. The UN charter outlaws the use of force with only two exceptions: individual or collective self-defence in response to an armed attack and action authorised by the security council as a collective response to a threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression. There are currently no grounds for a claim to use such force in self-defence. The doctrine of pre-emptive self-defence against an attack that might arise at some hypothetical future time has no basis in international law. Neither security council resolution 1441 nor any prior resolution authorises the proposed use of force in the present circumstances... A decision to undertake military action in Iraq without proper security council authorisation will seriously undermine the international rule of law. Of course, even with that authorisation, serious questions would remain. A lawful war is not necessarily a just, prudent or humanitarian war." "War Would Be Illegal"
Signed by 16 European Law Professors The Guardian, March 7, 2003 |
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ExpertsPhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.
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Ph.D., Oxford University, Public International Law, 2002 LL.M., Cambridge University LL.B., University of Brussels
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