US obliteration of Caribbean boat was a clear violation of international ‘right to life’ laws – no matter who was on board
- Written by Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
The moment before an alleged drug boat was hit in a targeted U.S. strike.@realDonaldTrump/Truth SocialThe U.S. government is justifying its lethal destruction of a boat suspected of transporting illegal drugs in the Caribbean as an attack on “narco-terrorists.”
But as an expert on international law, I know that line of argument goes...