This legal opinion examines whether Iranian strikes on US bases in Gulf states violate international law or constitute lawful self-defense.

With ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Matthias Goldmann, professor of International Law at EBS University of Business and Law in Germany, about the relevance ...

Human Rights Watch is extremely concerned about the potential for grave harms to civilians in the context of the escalating ...

Neither Israel nor Iran is a party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Thus, the case against Iran rests on whether their use violates the principles of distinction and proportionality.

Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said ...

In the early hours of January 3, the United States armed forces executed an astounding operation. American air, land, and sea units destroyed Venezuela’s air defenses, sent in Special Forces that took ...

Israel used the word preemptive to describe its strikes on Iran over a week ago. The U.S. described its strikes over the weekend as a deterrent. And Iran is claiming the right to self-defense. So what ...