1. Saudi Coalition “Admission” of Error in Bombing Cholera Treatment Center Implicates the United States
- Author:
- Oona A. Hathaway
- Publication Date:
- 01-2019
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Global Legal Challenges, Yale Law School
- Abstract:
- In June 2018, the U.S.-supported Saudi led coalition struck a cholera treatment center run by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yemen. A recent internal investigation released by the coalition tries to lay the blame for the strike on MSF. But tucked into the report is a cryptic admission that the coalition did not “complete the necessary procedures used by the Coalition Forces” before undertaking the strike. This suggests that the coalition has not stuck to a deal it made with the United States to maintain U.S. support by properly vetting strikes, leaving the United States and its personnel legally exposed for continuing to support operations that violate international humanitarian law.
- Topic:
- International Law, Military Strategy, Humanitarian Crisis, and Air Force
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, North America, and United States of America