Tag: Non-international Armed Conflict
Expert Q&A on Operation Southern Spear and Seizure of Sanctioned Vessels
This expert FAQ — on Operation Southern Spear, boat strikes, potential use of force in Venezuela, and seizure of U.S. sanctioned vessels — has...
Expert Backgrounder: Law on Targeting Shipwrecked Traffickers
On Sept. 2, 2025 U.S. forces launched a missile strike against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean. Forty-one minutes later, they fired again—this...
Expert Q&A on the U.S. Boat Strikes
Is it legal to use lethal force to target suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas or kill those on board?
No. The United...