Submission on the UK's Legal Basis for Military Action in Iraq

(5 September 2010), The Iraq Inquiry (in The National Archives (UK), archived 23 November 2017)

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Roger O'Keefe

Bocconi University - Department of Law

Date Written: 2010

Abstract

The submission aims to shed light on the meaning of the single phrase in Security Council resolution 678 (1990) on which, in the final analysis, the UK’s legal justification for its military action in Iraq rests. On the basis of close textual comparison with Security Council resolutions adopted in the context of the Korean War, it argues that resolution 678 was intended to authorize military action to remove Iraq from Kuwait and no more.

Keywords: Iraq inquiry, use of force

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

O'Keefe, Roger, Submission on the UK's Legal Basis for Military Action in Iraq (2010). (5 September 2010), The Iraq Inquiry (in The National Archives (UK), archived 23 November 2017), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3496748 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3496748

Roger O'Keefe (Contact Author)

Bocconi University - Department of Law ( email )

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