US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN
A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
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""such attacks amount to serial extrajudicial killings in violation of the right to life, being unjustified in national or personal self-defence or under international humanitarian law.""
— Ben Saul , Academic
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Ben Saul is a Special Rapporteur who analyzed US airstrikes in a UN report.
Current president of Colombia supporting negotiations with armed groups.
The President of Venezuela, involved in a long-standing political crisis.
Pete Hegseth is the United States Secretary of Defense.
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A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
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