 |
 |
Dear Nicolas, Thanks for the informative link. Your suspicions are correct, certain leaders will once again in our life time become very inventive in their use of UNSC Resolutions. Ultimately the law is now silent. Politics and mischief has taken over. At times like this one can literarily weep at the impotence not only of international law but of the democratic will of the people as well. Nothing stops the lovers of bombs, invasions and wars on all sides. Listen to this: "I might do what we did in Afghanistan many years ago to give those guys the ability to shoot down those planes. That equipment is available" Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx6s4jO9xNY These were the words of McCain in reaction to the entry of the Russians to the effort against the ISIS in Syria. And this is the man who would have been President of the country. It is notable that a few Russian Aircraft and helicopter have since been downed. Bottom line is they will go to war. Even the people can't stop them. They have to go to war. It is the only reason why they spend so much on the arms industry. Some stock have to be used before more can be ordered. The industry must continue with orders rolling in. It is the international Military Industrial complex. I must agree that the issues are complex and there are no easy quick fixes. But if only people had respected borders, sovereignty and domestic jurisdiction as we know it under the UN Charter, we would not be here today. For my ideas on the legal issues surrounding the alleged Russian trespass into Turkish airspace and the shooting of that aircraft see "Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Law and the Downing of the Russian Jet Near the Turkish and Syria Border" available at http://www.politicoscope.com/russian-jet/ Best Regards Gbenga JUST PUBLISHED July 2015: International Law and Boundary Disputes in Africa by Gbenga Oduntan Routledge -2014 -256 Series: Routledge Research in International Law http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415838924 COMING SOON: Bakassi Resolved: The Final Delimitation and Demarcation of the Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Lagos (2016) Dr. Gbenga Oduntan Senior Lecturer -International Commercial Law Kent Law School, Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, UK. Switchboard 0044 (0)1227 764000 (ext 4817) Direct Line 0044 (0)1227 824817 Fax: 0044 (0) 1227 827831 Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/academic/Oduntan,_Gbenga.html ________________________________ From: International boundaries discussion list <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Nicolas Boeglin <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:49 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [INT-BOUNDARIES] airstriskes in Syria in debate Dear colleagues Please find a short note on current debate on airstriskes in Syria. Assertions heard by top officials seem to need clarfications, mainly when they refer to United Nations Securit Council Resolution 2249. http://derechointernacionalcr.blogspot.com/2015/12/arguments-based-on-un-resolution-2249.html Sincerely yours Nicolas Boeglin