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Extended explanation of legality of military action against Iran by Natasha Hausdorff

Natasha Hausdorff, barrister and legal director of UKLFI Charitable Trust, provides an extended explanation of the international law applicable to Israeli and US military action against Iran in conversation with Aylana Meisel. She first observes that those ruling out the legality of military action when Iran is seeking nuclear weapons undermine confidence in international law; but fortunately, international law, properly understood, accords with good sense. She points out that it is necessary to distinguish between ius ad bellum, the right of recourse to armed force, and ius in bello, the law on how armed conflicts are conducted. As regards ius ad bellum, she notes that Israel and Iran were already in a state of armed conflict; Israel and its allies, including the US, are therefore entitled to use armed force against Iran in support of Israel, provided they comply with ius in bello. Furthermore, arguably the US was also entitled to use armed force pre-emptively in its own self-defence against an imminent threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons or the ability to build them out of reach of US military action. Natasha then considers the law applicable to the conduct of the military action (ius in bello), including the targeting of political leaders who are participating in the direction of Iran's military action. She also addresses the question of whether military action is justified to protect the people of Iran, observing that this argument is problematic under international law without authorisation by the UN Security Council. On the other hand, she draws attention to another justification for military action against Iran, namely to prevent Iran's threatened genocide of the people of Israel - a point which has been raised by Lord Wolfson KC, the UK's Shadow Attorney-General. In a final remark, she warns against assessing the legality of strikes without knowing the information on which they were based, since ius in bello is intention-based, not effects-based. JNS TV Basic Law podcast, also available at    • EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Hausdorff Exposes The B...