The Legal Case for Using Force to Prevent a Government from Employing Chemical Weapons to Commit Mass Atrocities

Calls for intervention in Syria have intensified in the wake of the recent sarin gas attack outside Damascus, which killed an estimated 1429 civilians, including 426 children. In response, both the US and France have declared their willingness to use force against the Assad regime. Yet even now, after nearly three years, 100,000 civilians killed, … Continue reading The Legal Case for Using Force to Prevent a Government from Employing Chemical Weapons to Commit Mass Atrocities