Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing said that the killing of Qasem Soleimani was “unlawful and violate international human rights law”.
#Iraq: The targeted killings of Qasem Soleiman and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis are most lokely unlawful and violate international human rights law: Outside the context of active hostilities, the use of drones or other means for targeted killing is almost never likely to be legal (1)
— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) January 3, 2020
To be justified under international human rights law, intentionally lethal or potentially lethal force can only be used where strictly necessary to protect against an imminent threat to life. (2)
— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) January 3, 2020
In other words, whoever targeted these two men would need to demonstrate that the persons targeted constitute(d) an imminent threat to others. An individual’s past involvement in “terrorist†attacks is not sufficient to make his targeting for killing lawful. (3)
— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) January 3, 2020
Furthermore, drone killing of anyone other than the target (family members or others in the vicinity, for example) would be an arbitrary deprivation of life under human rights law and could result in State responsibility and individual criminal liability. (4)
— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) January 3, 2020
The use of drones on the territory of other States has also been justified on the basis of self-defence. Under customary international law States can take military action if the threatened attack is imminent, no other means would deflect it, and the action is proportionate (5)
— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) January 3, 2020
This is why the U.N is viewed as a complete joke. How exactly is taking out one of the evilest people in the world before he strikes again evil?
She even admits that if he was an imminent threat it would be justified. According to the Pentagon, there was.
DOD: Soleimani “actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraqâ€
The most mindboggling part is that “past involvement in terrorist attacks is no sufficient”. If someone attacks an American we should be able to bomb the hell out of them.
The U.N has shown that they are incapable and useless. The US shouldn’t care what they say and do what is in the best interest of the good worldwide.
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